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.| 1966 |  | General Post Office first published a classified section called Yellow Pages in the Brighton telephone directory |
| 1981 | | Formation of BT |
| 1999 | | Acquisition of Yellow Book USA for $665 million |
| June 2000 | | Renamed as Yell |
| June 2001 | | Apax/Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst buy Yell from BT |
| April 2002 | | Acquisition of McLeod USA Publishing Co in the US for $600 million |
| December 2002 | | Acquisition of National Directory Company based in California |
| July 2003 | | Listed on the London Stock Exchange |
| March 2004 | | Acquisition of Feist Publications Inc. in the US |
| July 2005 | | Acquisition of TransWestern Holdings L.P. in the US |
| January 2006 | | Acquisition of Clarke Directory Publications in the US |
| July 2006 | | Acquisition of TPI Group, Spain and Latin America |
| February 2007 | | TPI Group renamed Yell Publicidad |
| March 2007 | | Sale of TPI Brazil |
| April 2007 | | Purchase of Publicom from Telcom Argentina, publisher of Paginas Amarillas |
