Newsquest has announced a major printworks investment to improve quality and reduce running costs at its Worcester plant. The development, which adds to its current capacity, will improve printing speed; give better colour and more colour options; allow higher pagination.
Newsquest
- Head Office: 58 Church Street, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 8DP
- Website: www.newsquest.co.uk
Owned by US-based publisher Gannett, Newsquest is one of the UK’s largest publishers of local and regional newspapers with more than 300 titles.
Its major UK publishing centres include York and Glasgow and it employs more than 8,000 staff.
A relatively young company, Newsquest was born in 1995 from Reed Regional Newspapers and has since acquired long-established publisher Westminster Press.
More information can be found on the company’s website at www.newsquest.co.uk.
What we have written about Newsquest
Redundancies sought at Glasgow titles
A number of redundancies are being sought at Newsquest in Glasgow. The newspaper group has said it is to make a “small number” of job cuts at The Herald and Evening Times, which it bought from SMG earlier this year.
Editors gather to share ideas
More than 70 regional press editors were today due to gather in Birmingham for the annual Newsquest Editorial Conference. The two-day event, at the Copthorne Hotel Birmingham, will give staff from the newspaper group the opportunity to step back from
Sporting tribute in memory of much-missed colleague
Staff at Newsquest North-East have paid their annual sporting tribute to a former colleague. Northern Echo photographer Ian Weir died in 1999 after suffering a heart attack while waiting for a bypass operation. Since then friends and colleagues have taken
Trainees report from the "battlefield"
Two Newsquest journalists from York and Skipton joined Territorial Army soldiers from the North East to become the first embedded media to assist the Armed Forces on a major exercise. Charlotte Percival from the Evening Press at York and Jenny
Hairy ordeal for Echo staff
Staff at the Daily Echo in Bournemouth are taking part in a particularly hairy ordeal. They have pledged to take part in a razor-sharp charity quest to raise funds for male cancer charity campaignEveryman. Fourteen staff at the Newsquest title
Twin Towers ad prompts apology
Newsquest has issued an apology after one of its newspapers mistakenly published an advert featuring the World Trade Centre towers. The Basingstoke Extra ran the picture of the Twin Towers as part of a promotional advert with the strapline ‘Take
Bradford pay dispute is over
A dispute over pay at Newsquest in Bradford has finally come to an end. Journalists will receive the original two per cent pay rise offered by the company in January. The National Union of Journalists says a decision was made
£1m boost from local newspaper companies
More than £1m from Johnston Press and Newsquest in Lancashire is helping save historic newspapers for the future. Long-gone titles such as the Preston Argus, The Trader and the Morecambe Times have been microfilmed as part of Newsplan 2000 to
Christmas comes early when you work for Newsquest…
A Newsquest title in the West Country enjoyed a novel way of keeping cool during the warm weather – they pretended it was mid-December and organised a Christmas party, complete with trimmings. The editorial team at the Plymouth-based Sunday Independent
Soap stars turn out for journalists' challenge
Stars of the small screen turned out for the annual Newsquest Celebrity Cricket Match in support of the National Advertising Benevolent Society. The provincial media’s finest took to the field to compete for the coveted Newsquest Challenge Trophy against a
New deputy role for Anna
Anna Jenkins has been appointed deputy editor at the Western Gazette in Yeovil. The 39-year-old is an experienced journalist, having worked for various regional titles across the country, and most recently spent two years in communications with the NHS. After
Film society put in the picture thanks to news group grant
A £5,000 grant was awarded to The Friendly Film Society in York after they made a request to the Gannett Foundation to enable them to buy a new projector. The Foundation is the charitable arm of the American owners of
Weekly's deadline stretched as key story is phoned in
The Waltham Forest Guardian stretched its deadlines to literally “hold the front page” last night. The paper wanted to cover a special town hall meeting where the Labour council leader was expected to be ousted by his own party. The
Publishing company charity boosts garden oasis
Improvements to a colourful garden oasis have been made possible by the owners of the Wandsworth Borough News. The Gannett Foundation, the charitable arm of the American owners of Newsquest Media, donated £10,000 to Share Community, a Battersea charity which
'Ball back in management's court', says union
National Union of Journalists members at Newsquest in Bradford say the ball is now back in the management’s court, in the ongoing dispute over pay. On Wednesday, members at the Telegraph & Argus, Keighley News, Ilkley Gazette, Craven Herald and