Wilmington Group plc, a British information and education business with an extensive presence in the compliance, legal, banking, healthcare, accounting, and business intelligence markets, has acquired Compliance Week to further enhance its position as a leading provider of insights and information to the fast-growing corporate compliance market.

Wilmington acquired Compliance Week from Haymarket Media Inc., another British media business that had owned Compliance Week since 2008. Compliance Week itself has been a leading voice in the corporate compliance world since its founding in 2002, with a weekly electronic newsletter, monthly print magazine, a Website with daily news updates, and a variety of industry events, all targeted at corporate compliance, risk, and audit executives.