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Chancellor of the Exchequer, Gordon Brown, stood up at 12:32pm to reveal his tax and spending plans for the next year. Key points of the 2005 Budget are as follows…The Chancellor stated that Britain was enjoying its longest period of sustained economic growth since 1701.Inflation is 1.6%, expected to rise to 1.75% this year and… Continue reading Budget 2005 Coverage – The Chancellor’s Speech Live

Independent News & Media Plc has experienced robust growth across all of its sectors resulting in a 22.8% increase in operating profit to a record €285.7 million, up from €232.6 million in 2003, driven by strong advertising and circulation growth.According to the company’s preliminary results for 2004 profit before tax rose by an impressive 55%… Continue reading Independent News & Media Reports Rise In Profit

Regional newspaper publisher, Johnston Press, has released today an upbeat trading statement for 2004 showing an increase in pre-tax profits of 18% year on year to £150.6 million, compared with £128 million in 2003. This rise is better than expected and follows strong growth in advertising revenue during 2004 across the company’s string of regional… Continue reading Johnston Press Strong 2004 Profits Driven By Advertising Growth

Independent News & Media Plc has experienced robust growth across all of its sectors resulting in a 22.8% increase in operating profit to a record €285.7 million, up from €232.6 million in 2003, driven by strong advertising and circulation growth. According to the company’s preliminary results for 2004 profit before tax rose by an impressive… Continue reading Independent News & Media Report Rise In Operating Profit For 2004

Over 22 million American adults have iPods or MP3 players, with internet users four times more likely than non-internet users to own one of these music devices, according to a report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. The research summary by Lee Rainie reports that 15% of internet users have iPods or MP3… Continue reading Internet Users More Likely To Own Music Players

Kelvin Mackenzie’s talkSPORT is under investigation from media watchdog Ofcom after a listener complained about a comment made by one of the presenters during an analysis of a football match between Manchester City and Norwich City.During the match discussion in talkSPORT’s Evening Kick-Off, one of the presenters made an inappropriate comment on the performance of… Continue reading TalkSPORT Has Wrist Slapped By Ofcom

The Manchester Evening News (MEN) announced today the launch of a Lite version of the paper, which will be distributed free in the city centre from March 21.The free version of the MEN, owned by the Guardian Media Group, will be aimed at commuters who typically do not buy a newspaper as they leave Manchester… Continue reading Manchester Evening News To Launch Lite Edition

Advertisers will soon be able to target taxi passengers with high-impact multimedia campaigns, thanks to new technology from taxi advertising specialists, Cabvision.Cabvision claims to be the first media owner to offer “broadcast style” in-cab TV, delivered via DAB technology, to provide up-to-date content to a network of TV screens installed in some the capital’s black… Continue reading Cabvision Drives Multimedia Advertising On The Move

The Sunday Times is launching its entertainment guide, The Month, on DVD on March 20, hoping to boost circulation figures and attract a “young and entertainment savvy audience.”The new promotion is cashing in on the rise of DVD households and follows the success of The Sunday Times’ previous innovation of being the first paper to… Continue reading Sunday Times Launches The Month On DVD

hellomagazine.com, the online extension to HELLO! magazine, has launched two exclusive new mobile services to help further its brand.SMS celebrity news and Java celebrity news will allow subscribers to receive a message containing the latest four headlines from hellomagazine.com each weekday. Java service users will be able to download daily updates of photos and stories… Continue reading hellomagazine.com Launches Mobile Services