Company

About Merricks Media 

Based in the beautiful city of Bath, our 50 strong team produces some of the best loved magazines on overseas destinations.

Launched in 1998 with just £10,000 in seed capital, Merricks Media is now the UK’s leading magazine publisher for travel and property, with a multi million pound annual turnover.

Merricks Media is located in the historic city of Bath in the South West of England.

In 1998, Lisa Doerr founded the company, primarily as a customer publishing operation, with clients in taxi media, recruitment and overseas lettings. The growth that the company achieved in advertising revenues laid the groundwork for its first consumer newsstand launch, French in 2001, and since then the company has expanded rapidly.

The company strengthened its portfolio in 2003 with the launch of Greece, and later both Portugal and Italian joined the Merricks stable.

2004 saw the launch of the range of bookazines which are now more familiar to consumers as The Red Guides. These are generally recognised as the most authoritative guides to buying a property overseas, and the range spans the globe from Europe to Asia.

The purchase of Spanish Homes from Future means that Merricks is now the market leader in no less than 5 different countries.

Our online portfolio is growing rapidly thanks to sites like www.homesworldwide.co.uk and www.brandnewyoumagazine.com and the company has ambitious plans in the coming months.

The company was shortlisted for a record 7 awards in the PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2007, winning for both French and Australia magazines.