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- 1957 (Creation)
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1 booklet
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Working report of Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited. The report features a list of directors; an introduction by LP Scott including tributes to AP Wadsworth and CW Tonge; balance sheet; profit and loss account; appropriation account; a review of the financial year including a breakdown of how each £1 of revenue was received and spent; report on the prices and costs of newprint including the impact of rationing control by the Newsprint Supply Company; map showing the position of three-acre plot of land in Salford due to be purchased by MGEN; a report on the company and trade unions and statement on company policy; a report on newspaper sizes (quantity of pages) with the average number of pages of the Guardian, MEN and their competitors; graphs and report on newspaper sales for the MEN, Guardian and Guardian Weekly; a note on charges included in the accounts; and details of the materials used by the company, 1956-57.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited
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- Guardian Media Group plc (1907-); newspaper proprietor (Subject)
- Newsprint Supply Company ([1940-1958]); Board of Trade agent (Subject)
- Scott; Laurence Prestwich (1909-1983); chairman of the Manchester Guardian & Evening News Ltd (Subject)
- Wadsworth; Alfred Powell (1891-1956); editor of the Guardian (Subject)
- Tonge; Charles William (c1875-1957); advertising manager (Subject)