John Banks has been appointed regional managing director of Newsquest (Hampshire). Previously holding the same role in Newsquest’s South West region, his new job is based in Southampton. Newsquest (Hampshire) covers publishing centres at Andover, Basingstoke, Salisbury, Southampton and Winchester.
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Echo boosts charity support with website presence
The Southern Daily Echo’s website has launched a new initiative devoted to raising awareness of local charities and in-paper campaigns. The section has links from the site’s home page, www.thisissouthampton.co.uk, and provides visitors with news stories and information about their
Paper's invite: 'Open a window – and nick a villain'
An advent calendar with a difference is the Southern Daily Echo’s contribution to making the streets safer this Christmas. The Southampton-based title has hit on a festive way of helping local police to put away Hampshire’s most-wanted in time for
Regional MD takes early retirement
Eric Robinson, one of Newsquest’s most senior executives, has taken taken early retirement after a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years. He had been regional managing director for Newsquest Southern, which publishes the Daily Echo in Bournemouth, the Southern
New editor appointed to Cambridge Evening News
A journalist who has worked on regional newspapers in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales has been named as the new editor at the Cambridge Evening News. Murray Morse, who is deputy editor at The Chronicle, Newcastle, starts his new
Daily Echo Daredevils join the Race for Life
The Southern Daily Echo printed a 20-page supplement covering Southampton’s Race for Life in which 40 of the paper’s staff took part. The Daily Echo Daredevils joined 10,000 women on the streets of the city for the 5km race. The
Lord hosts 'thank you' lunch in honour of journalist
A former Southern Daily Echo journalist has been thanked for his work at a special lunch held by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. Peter East, who now works as a reporter on the Romsey Advertiser, was invited to Lord Montagu’s ancestral
News in brief
The Halifax Evening Courier’s Save It campaign has been handed a major boost with a £300,000 grant from the New Opportunities Fund.The paper’s initiative helped fund a start-up doorstep recycling service which will now collect from 25,000 homes following the
Echo staff go on the run
A 40-strong team of women from the Southern Daily Echo are gearing up for a 5km run to raise money for Cancer Research UK. Staff from several departments at the newspaper will join 10,000 other women in the Race for
Role of media and industry's future to go under spotlight
A host of top names from the national and regional press and broadcasting are set to get together to discuss the future of the news industry and debate the role of the media. Privacy, the revamped newspaper and magazine code
Regional staff set for D-Day anniversary trip
Regional press staff from around the country are set to travel to Normandy next week to cover events taking place to mark the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. Dozens of newspapers are planning to send reporters and photographers out
News in brief
The Press Complaints Commission can today announce that it received 1,018 complaints between January and March 2004, in line with the figures for 2003, when a record number was received over the course of the year. Of those complaints that
Monthly supplement hailed as 'one of the best'
A new monthly disability supplement has been launched by the Southern Daily Echo. The first issue of Access All Areas hit the streets this week, and has already been hailed by readers as “one of the best things the Echo
Mike says so long – but not goodbye – to the Echo
The Southern Daily Echo’s Mike Ford has retired after 43 years with the newspaper. Mike has spent much of his career commentating on the south’s economy as the Echo’s business editor and then regional business editor for Newsquest’s south coast
Ship's visit gives Echo a sales boost
The Southern Daily Echo has begun 2004 on a high, with the debut of the Queen Mary 2 giving the paper a circulation boost and its best promotional seller for a decade. While the world’s largest ocean liner loomed large
More press trips to the Gulf are announced
More regional press journalists will travel to the Gulf as part of the Regional Press Corps, a facility organised by The Newspaper Society. The trips are being organised for the run-up to Christmas, to give the UK regional press the