Football fans have been treated to an exclusive web chat with Norwich City Football Club’s chief executive on the Eastern Daily Press website www.edp24.co.uk. Neil Doncaster took the hot seat as the website’s chat guest to answer live questions from
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Paper backs Lottery bid as it moves to Parliament
The Eastern Daily Press is shortly to find out if it has succeeded in the first step of a bid to change the law to allow it to apply for lottery funding for the We Care appeal. Current legislation means
Putting communities first
A move back into branch offices is paying dividends for Norfolk Publishing as reporters, receptionists and advertising staff are now at the heart of the communities they serve. A new office in Diss, where reporters from the Diss Mercury are
Daily Press hopeful of law change
A campaign to allow carers to receive National Lottery funding is back on track with the re-election of a Labour Government. Plans for a new law were introduced as a private members bill but failed to make the statute book
We Care hope for Lottery cash
An appeal to raise money to support carers in Norfolk has been promised support in the House of Lords. Shirley Williams has pledged to raise support in Parliament for any fresh bid to unlock Lottery cash for the Eastern Daily
Law change on the way after EDP pressure
A campaign by a Norwich newspaper to change the National Lottery funding law for carers has been boosted with the support of a Government minister. The Eastern Daily Press We Care 2000 appeal received backing when Culture Secretary Kate Hoey
Seventeen-year wait is over
A 17-year campaign by the Eastern Daily Press will finally see success with the dualling of the A11 through Norfolk. The campaign began in 1984 when the Press launched its appeal by highlighting the huge benefits it would bring for
Floods supplement results in biggest paper
A reprint of a 1950s newspaper resulted in the Eastern Daily Press producing its biggest paper to date. The newspaper, from February 2, 1953, was dominated by news of devastating floods that occurred at that time which left hundreds of
Archant sees profits fall
Pre-tax profits down almost 20% as advertising slows
Profits fall at Archant
Newspaper and printing arm of publishing group sees 19.9 per cent drop in profits
£12.5m press investment brings more colour and capacity
More than 70 group newspapers and magazines will originate from Thorpe Print Centre
'Root and branch revolution' to transform Evening News
A “root and branch” review of the Evening News in Norwich has begun, with the aim of transforming the paper. Staff are currently being consulted on how to take the newspaper forward, following the results of research conducted by the
Archant profits on the up
The Archant media group has announced pre-tax profits for the first half of the year of £16.6m – up 17.6 per cent. Turnover was up 19.3 per cent at £92.3m and group operating profit was up 16.2 per cent at
News group's future under the spotlight
More than 100 editors and journalists from across Archant gathered to discuss the way forward for the group at its annual editorial conference. During the two-day event at Stansted Airport’s Hilton Hotel staff from the group, which publishes the Ipswich-based
Profits up at Archant
Regional newspaper publisher Archant has announced increased operating profits of £29.4m. The group’s preliminary results showed that, before exceptional items, operating profit for 2003 had gone up by 6.1 per cent on the previous year, with profit before tax up
Archant snaps up London titles for £52m
Archant has today acquired 12 weekly free and paid-for newspapers in North London, East London and Essex from Independent News & Media’s portfolio of 27 in the capital. The announcement came as competition minister Gerry Sutcliffe agreed that Northcliffe Newspapers