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2010 – present

March

  • Comic Heroes magazine launched
  • On console weekly interactive show – FirstPlay – is launched in association with PlayStation.

April

  • The Gadget Show Magazine launched

July

  • Robert Price steps down as CEO of Future UK

August

  • Mark Wood is appointed as CEO of Future UK and steps down as non-executive director of Future plc

November

  • Tap! The iPhone and iPad magazine launched in print, digital and online

December

  • Future launches 14 iPad apps

May

  • Future launches Mollie Makes, a new monthly magazine focusing on contemporary fabric crafts, which breaks the company’s record for new subscriptions during its first month on sale.

June

  • Practical Photoshop, a new monthly magazine dedicated to helping readers improve their skills in Adobe Photoshop is launched.
  • Future wins Best Digital Publisher – Consumer and the AOP Grand Prix Award at the annual Association of Online Publishers Awards.

September

  • Future and Sony Computer Entertainment UK Ltd launch Access, a new weekly HD video guide to the best of Playstation in the UK.
  • PC Gamer reveals a world-first ‘covermount’ on a digital edition – enabling readers via Zinio to access exclusive gifts using download codes supplied by the magazine.

October

  • Future PLC announces the appointment of Mark Wood to Chief Executive Officer, replacing Stevie Spring, and Graham Harding to the position of and Group Finance Director, replacing John Bowman.
  • On the same day Apple Newsstand launches, Future delivers 55 titles to the ‘iTunes for magazines’, more than any other publisher globally. Within four days Future smashes the two million container app downloads mark and has since remained an international leader in Tablet publishing.
  • Guitarist magazine unveils a pioneering deluxe iPad edition, which offers readers a unique and interactive experience.
  • Future partners with US based Gawker Media to bring technology website Gizmodo to the UK, delivering over 452,600 unique users in its first month.

November

  • Future launches N-Photo – the only magazine dedicated to Nikon photography.

January

  • T3 becomes the first ever UK magazine to launch a fully interactive Android Edition.

February

  • T3 becomes the first UK magazine to publish independently verified figures for interactive iPad edition sales.
  • 90 magazines exported or licensed to 90 countries
  • No. 3 special-interest publisher on UK news stand
  • No. 1 for guitar magazines worldwide
  • No. 1 largest producer of film magazines in the UK
  • No. 1 cycling publisher worldwide
  • 3.4m magazines sold every month
  • No. 1 UK magazine licensor
  • 21 International editions of T3
  • 6m customer magazines produced every month
  • 100% of our paper is sourced from recycled fibre or sustainable forests
  • No. 1 for consumer electronics in the UK
  • No. 1 for games magazines worldwide
  • No. 3 global games information website: GamesRadar
  • 23m unique monthly visitors to our websites
  • 27 annual events attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors
  • No. 1 for guitar magazines worldwide