Archant boosts profits and pays first dividend since 2012

Local newspaper publisher, whose titles include the Eastern Daily Press and Ham & High, achieves 20% increase without cutting staffLocal newspaper publisher Archant is to pay its first dividend since 2012 after recording a 20% increase in profits to £9.6m in 2015.The Norwich-based publisher, which runs 130 titles including the Eastern Daily Press and the Ham & High newspapers as well as glossy magazines, said the increase in profits over 2015 had been achieved without cutting staff, despite a 1.9% fall in revenue. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2016-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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