The National Union of Journalists is holding a conference for women activists in Manchester on Saturday June 18, from 11am.
A growing proportion of the union’s membership are women – and the event is to encourage women to get involved in the union’s structures which have traditionally been male dominated. Workshops and speeches will explain how the union works and give guidance on how best to organise locally.

Editorial content is to play a major part in a new glossy monthly property magazine which has been launched in the Surrey and Hampshire area.
Herald Homes, from Tindle Newspapers, is being launched in a 24-page tabloid format to be distributed to nearly 40,000 homes across the Surrey and Hants borders. Most will go out with the Farnham Herald series of newspapers and the remainder through property outlets such as estate agent offices.

The Press Association has acquired Meteo Consult BV, Europe’s largest independent weather business.
Meteo Consult is a leading supplier of weather information to marine, road maintenance and industrial customers, as well as newspaper, TV and radio markets across Europe. Founded in 1986, the company has a reputation for quality and innovation in weather forecasting. It has its headquarters in the Netherlands with subsidiary companies in Belgium, Germany and Spain.

Shareholders and staff have been told by Archant London managing director Enzo Testa that the company is now the third largest regional publisher in London and the market leader where it operates in the north and east of the capital.
The Archant annual general meeting heard how it now has a weekly circulation of 618,000 newspapers in greater London, with a fifth of its revenue coming from that area.

Rugby player Martin Johnson is enjoying his latest accolade – after the Mercury paid tribute by putting a giant picture of him on the side of its offices in St George Street.
The poster, and its message: “Cheers Johnno. Farewell to a sporting hero”, was timed to coincide with what would be the skipper’s last match at Welford Road.

The Liverpool Echo is offering readers the chance to visit its offices on a new series of tours being organised to show what staff do to bring the paper into people’s homes.
More than 100 places will be available for people to see journalists at work, designers putting together pages, photos being put on the page and the presses printing the finished product.