There is no history on here pre 23rd August 2004, the date a change of software was released, resulting in the loss of all previous posts and membership details.
I did find this on Archant (previous owners/publishers)on Wikipedia:
Consumer magazine publisher Market Link Publishing, now Archant Specialist, based in Essex was acquired by ECNG for £5 million in autumn 1999. Its titles now include Photography Monthly, Professional Photographer, Pilot, Sport Diver, Complete France, which sponsors a once popular, but failing French forum, French Property News, Living France, and France Property Shop. It also sponsors The France Show at Olympia and The French Property Exhibitions in London and Yorkshire