The Financial Times launched as "The friend of the Honest Financier and the Respectable Broker"
The FT is first printed on pink paper
Berry Bros, owners of The Sunday Times and later The Daily Telegraph, take control of the FT
Brendan Bracken becomes chairman of Financial News
30–share index introduced in Financial Times
Bracken buys FT, merges with Financial News but keeps pink paper and Financial Times name.Hargreaves Parkinson becomes editor.
Gordon Newton becomes editor
20,000th issue celebrated."Industry", "Commerce" and "Public Affairs" introduced to masthead, reflecting increased scope of the newspaper.Arts page introduced
FT taken over by Pearson
FT head offices moved to Bracken House in Cannon Street
Technical (now Technology) page;
Executive's World (now Features) pages; Saturday paper's How To Spend It (now Fashion & beauty) page all introduced
Circulation passes 250,000 mark on back of "No FT, No Comment" campaign.FT printing processes move from hot metal to cold set printing
FT starts printing in Madrid, Stockholm and Los Angeles and re –launches the international edition.FT.com, the Financial Times' website, is launched.Mastering Management, the first of the Mastering Series is launched
Launch of Creative Business magazineFT starts printing in Dallas, Miami, Kuala Lumpur and SeoulRelaunch of European edition
FT Launches Global Investing pages in US editionRichard Lambert named Business Journalist of the decadeFT hits 500,000 cpd (March)Andrew Gowers becomes editor
FT launches FTfm Fund management supplement.FT starts printing digitally in South AfricaFT.com is relaunched – subscription services introduced. Unique monthly users reach 3.2 million and page views exceed 50million (Dec 2002)
FT starts printing in Dubai and Atlanta.UK edition of FT newspaper is revamped and new weekly magazine, Financial Times Magazine, is introduced with the UK edition of the Saturday FT.Asian edition launched in print and online
FT takes investment stake in Indian financial daily newspaper, Business Standard. FT is first foreign media company to make a major investment in an Indian newspaper, taking a 13.85% equity stake.FT celebrates twenty fifth anniversary of its European edit
Lionel Barber is appointed editor. FT.com celebrates its tenth anniversaryRelaunch of FTChinese.com
John Ridding appointed Chief Executive Officer of Financial Times and FT.comRona Fairhead appointed Chief Executive Officer of FT GroupFT Group acquires Mergermarket
