Sunday Herald deputy editor Richard Walker is to succeed Andrew Jaspan as editor of the Glasgow-based newspaper. The 49-year-old, who has been at the paper since it launched in 1999, will take over in October when Andrew leaves to take
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Redundancies sought at Glasgow titles
A number of redundancies are being sought at Newsquest in Glasgow. The newspaper group has said it is to make a “small number” of job cuts at The Herald and Evening Times, which it bought from SMG earlier this year.
Blott takes charge of new Scottish business
Tim Blott has been appointed regional managing director of Newsquest (Strathclyde), the former publishing arm of SMG. He will take over the running of the Glasgow-based business on Monday. Prior to this he has most recently been responsible for Newsquest
Six days of strike action planned
National Union of Journalists members at Newsquest Bradford have named six dates for strike action over pay. They plan to walk out on Thursday and Friday January 30 and 31, and again on February 10, 11, 19 and 20 at
T&A names new MD
The company that publishes the Bradford Telegraph & Argus has a new boss, with the appointment of David Coates (pictured below) as managing director. David, (34), began his newspaper career in 1990 as a part-time sales canvasser and has also
Pay deal halts strike action
The pay dispute between Newsquest Bradford and the National Union of Journalists has been resolved with an across-the-board £500 pay rise. NUJ journalists – about half the total editorial staff of 90 – had carried out a half-day strike last
News offices picketed in Bradford strike
Pickets were on duty from 6.30am yesterday as 48 journalists stayed away from work at Newsquest (Bradford) in protest at a 2.5 per cent pay offer. The action centered on the Telegraph & Argus in central Bradford, the Keighley News
Journalists set to strike
The Telegraph & Argus looks set to be hit by a series of strikes among NUJ members unhappy with a pay offer. The union’s Newsquest (Bradford) members voted to take strike action on three days this month after a management
Radio bid from Newsquest
Newsquest is backing a bid to launch a new radio station for West and South Yorkshire. The group, which runs the Evening Press and website thisisyork.co.uk in the area, is backing a consortium that is planning to bid for the
Bury Times opens new headquarters
The Bury Times has laid firm foundations for the future with the official opening of its new headquarters. Bury Mayor Coun Paul Nesbit unveiled a commemorative plaque at the official ceremony, accompanied by senior management from the paper’s owners Newsquest.
Change at the top for Newsquest
Paul Davidson has been named chief executive of Newsquest, in a shuffle of some of the company’s senior posts. Mr Davidson, who was group managing director, will take over from executive chairman Jim Brown when he retires at the end
MD leaves Bolton Evening News
John Waters, managing director of the Bolton Evening News and Bury Times Group, has left the company. He joined the Bolton Evening News in 1987 and became MD in May 1993. Originally from London, John has been in the newspaper