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Record profits for Tindle newspapers
Pre-tax profits up 25 per cent to £8m as group’s titles rise to more than 200
Robertson says farewell to Newbury Weekly News
Regional press top brass give retiring deputy chairman a good send off
£500,000 development fund for weekly newspaper series
Money earmarked for titles could be used to boost staff or launch more new editions
Bonus for staff as Tindle meets targets
Staff of Tindle Newspapers will be celebrating Christmas with a £200 bonus this year – thanks to meeting their chairman’s challenge of reaching a total of 200 titles and radio stations by the end of the year. The target was
Chronicle's royal visit survives flash floods threat
A stormy night almost scuppered the Dartmouth Chronicle and Kingsbridge and Salcombe Gazette’s big day when flash floods hit South Devon just hours before staff were due to welcome a royal visitor. It was all hands to the pump as
News staff set to welcome Duke of York
The Dartmouth Chronicle and Kingsbridge and Salcombe Gazette are preparing to welcome a royal visitor to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the two titles. The Duke of York is due to visit Dartmouth tomorrow as part of a day-long
Tindle profits up more than20 per cent
The success story at Tindle Newspapers has continued with pre-tax profits for the year up more than £1m, to £6.4m – an increase of almost 21 per cent. The rate of growth doubled in the second six months of the
News in brief
The Newspaper Society’s annual lunch is due to take place on Tuesday May 4 at The Savoy Hotel in London.All newspaper society members have been invited to the event, at which former director general of the BBC Greg Dyke was
Media owner visits new Echo office
The proprietor of the Fishguard-based County Echo, Sir Ray Tindle, has paid a visit to the newly opened office in Brodog Court to meet the staff of the paper. He toured the premises together with the managers from Cambrian News,
Paper's purchase adds colour to its pages
A weekly paper has been relaunched – in colour – after being bought up by Tindle Newspapers. Welsh language paper Y Dydd, based in Dolgellau, unveiled its new look to local dignitaries, contributors and advertisers. Cambrian News general manager Lis
Fast-acting Tindle snaps up Somerset weekly
Tindle Newspapers has stepped in to snap up the free weekly Radstock and Midsomer Norton Journal in Somerset after Northcliffe was refused permission to complete the purchase. Sir Ray Tindle saw a chance to strengthen his portfolio of some 130
Spoof newspaper in protest at editorial stance on Gulf war
Peace protesters in south Devon have published a spoof newspaper in response to a local publisher’s decision not to run anti-war stories in his papers during the Gulf conflict. Tindle Newspapers, which publishes the Totnes Times, decided at the start
It ain't half hot mum!Newsrooms react to war
The regional press is capitalising on the time difference between Iraq and the UK – and to round-the-clock conflict – by bringing up-to-date news from the Gulf that the nationals can’t carry. Many are carrying up to 15 pages of
NS treasurer role for Ian
Ian Ashcroft, the chief executive of Guardian Media Group’s regional newspapers division, has been elected as the new honorary treasurer of the Newspaper Society. He was selected at the Society’s half-yearly meeting of members and takes over from Sir Ray