Challenging times

The local and regional press is facing the worst trading conditions in living memory as the recession and longer-term, structural changes in its markets combine with devastating effect. Like all publishers in this sector GMG Regional Media saw its revenues fall dramatically in the last year, and was forced to make major changes in order to protect the business and its journalism for the future. This included a large number of redundancies and the closure of some offices. The objective of these changes was clear: a sustainable future for our local and regional media.