Group history
The key milestones in our group history are shown below. For a more in-depth look at how Yell has grown over time see the UK history and US history pages.
General Post Office first published a classified section called Yellow Pages in the Brighton telephone directory
Acquisition of Yellow Book USA for $665 million
Apax/Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst buy Yell from BT
Acquisition of McLeod USA Publishing Co in the US for $600 million
Acquisition of National Directory Company based in California
Listed on the London Stock Exchange
Acquisition of Feist Publications Inc. in the US
Acquisition of TransWestern Holdings L.P. in the US
Acquisition of Clarke Directory Publications in the US
Acquisition of TPI Group, Spain and Latin America
TPI Group renamed Yell Publicidad
Purchase of Publicom from Telcom Argentina, publisher of Paginas Amarillas
Transfer of Pindar Set Ltd to Yell, now known as Yell Adworks