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Archant
- Head Office: Prospect House, Rouen Road, Norwich, NR1 1RE
- Website: www.archant.co.uk
Based in Norwich and privately-owned, Archant employs around 2,600 people across England and has an annual turnover of £194m.
Its newspapers division, Archant Regional, produces four regional daily newspapers, around 60 weekly titles and many of the group’s 160 websites.
Archant also owns three magazine companies, which between them produce around 80 lifestyle and consumer magazines.
More information can be found on the company’s website at www.archant.co.uk.
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The patron saint of journalists St Francis of Sales was called upon to help with a blessing of Archant London’s new headquarters. Father Jeffrey Woolnough, a priest from a church in Ilford neighbouring the office, known as Media House, approached
Wembley investment from regional newspaper publisher
A new game plan for Wembley is being unveiled with a new-look paper and increased circulation from tomorrow. Archant London is making a bold move to develop its business in one of the country’s biggest areas of urban regeneration. North
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Newspaper staff battered the opposition as they took to the streets around Norfolk to do battle in their annual Shrove Tuesday pancake races. Publishing group Archant puts a number of teams up around its east coast patch every year. A
Reporter Paul uses pedal power for Indian dream
Weston & Somerset Mercury reporter Paul Burton has helped to raise more than £7,000 for charity after completing a mammoth bike ride across the Indian state of Rajastan. The 20-year-old completed the 500km ride, through colourful cities, national park and
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Bob Phillis, chief executive of Guardian Media Group, which publishes the Manchester Evening News and the Reading Evening Post, has been appointed asa non-executive director of ITV. His appointment, together with that of Baroness Usha Prashar, chairman of the Royal
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A new industry study has found that newspaper adverts included in multi-media campaigns can double brand commitment. The project, from the Newspaper Marketing Agency, tested 12 ad campaigns to reach its conclusion. It said the high attention span needed to
Reporter makes 12,000ft plane jump
Daredevil reporter Janine Kelso has raised more than £700 for charity after jumping out of a plane and plummeting through the air at 120mph. The 26-year-old, who works for Archant’s Hornsey Journal, completed a tandem skydive for Action for Kids,
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Move supports group’s aims for expansion
New edition for Ham & High
The Hampstead and Highgate Express series has launched a new edition, specifically for Marylebone. The expansion follows the successful launch two years ago of the Wood&Vale, which covered the St John’s Wood, Maida Vale, Paddington and Marylebone postcodes, and the