2011 display advertising rates & data
Advertising rates
BD
| Page insertions |
25 x 4
|
25 x 8
|
25 x 2 or 13 x 4
|
13 x 2
|
5 x 6
|
Tab Page
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Approx size) |
A4
|
A4 DPS
|
1/2 A4
|
1/4 A4
|
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|
1
|
£3,117 | £6,234 | £2,177 | £1,678 | £1,066 | £7,858 |
|
3
|
£2,961 | £5,923 | £2,068 | £1,594 | £1,013 | £7,467 |
|
6
|
£2,805 | £5,610 | £1,923 | £1,511 | £959 | £7,072 |
|
12
|
£2,650 | £5,299 | £1,851 | £1,426 | £907 | £6,679 |
Additional rates applicable to all publications
Loose inserts
| Weight | Rate |
| Up to 5 gms | £80 |
| 6-10 gms | £105 |
| 11-15 gms | £122 |
| 16-20 gms | £146 |
| 21-25 gms | £160 |
| 26-30 gms | £183 |
| 31-35 gms | £200 |
| 36-40 gms | £219 |
| 41-50 gms | £242 |
| 51-60 gms | £279 |
+£300 for regional inserts up to 10,000
+£90 for regional inserts over 10,000
Bound-in insert costs on application
Please note a minimum order value of £1500 applies
Other options available – such as gatefold front cover, belly-band, tip-on – details on application
Covers and Premium positions: £482
Please note the cancellation charges as below full cancelation terms can be found on our advertising booking forms
| Time period prior to first insertion | Cancellation Charge |
| >13 weeks | 50% of rate card per insertion |
| 13-8 weeks | 75% of rate card per insertion |
| <8 weeks | 100% of rate card per insertion |
| >13 weeks | 50% of rate card per insertion |
Features planner
The features planner contains full details of the dates of all bd and bd Magazine’s weekly and monthly features, as well as information on the virtual and live events in 2012.
Download the BD and Building 2012 features planner
Artwork specifications
BD
| Format |
Dimensions
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleed | Trim | Type area | ||
| Double tab spread | 401 x 600mm* | 395 x 594mm# | 375 x 574mm | |
| Double half tab spread | n/a | n/a | 130 x 387mm | |
| Full tab page | 401 x 303mm | 395 x 297mm# | 375 x 277mm | |
| Half tab horizontal | 190 x 277mm | |||
| Half tab vertical | 366 x 136mm | |||
| Quarter tab | 180 x 136mm | |||
| Double junior spread | 250 x 387mm* | |||
| Full junior | 250 x 184mm | |||
| Half junior horizontal | 130 x 184mm | |||
| Half junior vertical | 250 x 90mm | |||
| Quarter junior | 130 x 90mm | |||
| Special Position | ||||
| Front page strip |
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| Column widths | 1 column – 42mm | 2 columns – 90mm | 3 columns – 136mm |
| 4 columns – 182mm | 5 columns – 230mm | 6 columns – 277mm |
* Add a further 6mm gutter allowance
# Keep all live matter 6mm from the trims
Download the BD Specifications
Digital Formats
Digital copy only. High-resolution Acrobat v1.3 PDF Files of PDF X-1a:2001 format created to PPA Pass4Press specification.
(Note: Ensure a transparency flattener is applied to the PDF preset when creating PDFs with Adobe InDesign)
Please refer to http://www.pass4press.com/ for further information.
UBM cannot be held responsible for any errors occurring if the PDF is not supplied to these specifications.
Please also note if you are creating a file in InDesign, please ensure that the Transparency flattener is applied and configured to the pdf pre-set.
Documents: We can ONLY accept artwork created in QuarkXpress, InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop. Please do not attempt to send artwork made using Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, Corel draw or any other software. These cannot be used and will be rejected.
Fonts: All fonts must be supplied with the document (preferably from the Monotype, Bitstream or Linotype Classic Libraries) otherwise stock fonts may be used which can result in text reflows etc. For EPSs please convert text to outlines.
Images: We accept TIFFs, EPSs and JPEGs.
Colours: Must be saved as CMYK not RGB, Greyscale, Bitmap or Pantone etc on both documents and images.
Production Notes
The publisher cannot accept stop-orders, cancellation or transfers unless they are received in writing within the publisher’s stated final copy dates. These are a minimum of 6 weeks for all single advertisements and annual advertisements on a ’till-countermanded’ basis.
All copy should arrive no later than Tuesday, ten days prior to publication.
