A regional publisher’s market-leading magazine focusing on homes across the Channel has celebrated 25 years in print.

The special anniversary issue of French Property News featured a silver cover, four pages of giveaways, a trip down memory lane and a round-up of the FPN team’s 25 hotspots across France.

The Archant Lifestyle-owned magazine started out as a black and white newspaper in 1989.

“A small bedroom at home served as an office,” recalled FPN founder Dick Schrader. “We put adverts in all the national newspapers and very soon we were receiving 2,000 requests a month. Every evening we’d be typing up address labels and sticking them onto the manually rolled-up newspapers!”

Editor Karen Tait, who has been at the helm for the past 13 years, said:  “I can honestly say it’s been a joy working on FPN.”

“I have loved working with the endlessly interesting people who make up the readers and advertisers – and the FPN team of course.”

Mark Wright, managing director of Archant Specialist, added:  “French Property News has been the magazine for anyone looking for a French property over the last 25 years.

“The team has worked tirelessly in producing a top quality brand that has grown from strength to strength and is highly regarded by both our readers and our commercial partners. We look forward to many exciting years to come.”

FPN’s sister magazines Living France and France Magazine are also due to celebrate their 25th anniversaries in the coming year.