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Signed minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of Guardian Newspapers Limited from 24 January 1984 - 31 July 1989. Meetings were held at 119 Farringdon Road. Not indexed.

Present or attending the meetings are (in order of appearance): PW Gibbings; GP Taylor; JC Markwick; MGA Jack; Peter Preston; DJ McKie; J Dixey; IS Ashcroft; CA Dawood; CA Marland; LM Sanderson; HJ Roche; CW Szpac; F Platt; IW Wright; CBG Baker; JM Gordon; PJ Naismith; F Morris.

Regular items discussed at the meetings include newspaper sales/circulation; advertisement sales; production; the company's financial position and budget; editorial and board appointments and resignations; promotions; strategy and development; negotiations with NUJ.

Other items discussed include (with year of first recording): Datasolve (1984); Away Day - Charing Cross Hotel - supporting paper (1984); Guardian Press Centre (1985); Isle of Dogs printing (1985); bank account opened in Zimbabwe (1985); Manchester printing (1985); Portsmouth printing (1986); refurbishment of 119 Farringdon Road - establishment of project committee (1986); transitional printing (1987); printing of Observer at Guardian Press Centre (1987); 50 page paper (1988); European printing (1988); cover price (1988); Saturday edition (1988); and proposed purchase of shares in Unidad Editorial SA (1989).
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Signed minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of Guardian Newspapers Limited from 31 July 1989 - 26 April 1994. Meetings were held at 119 Farringdon Road. From June 1993 onwards includes minutes relating to both the Guardian and the Observer. Not indexed.

Present or attending the meetings are (in order of appearance): PJ Preston; JC Markwick; CA Marland; F Platt; CBG Baker; PJ Naismith; IS Ashcroft; HJ Roche; IW Wright; DIA Brook; J Fenby; DH Owen; F Morris.

Regular items discussed at the meetings include newspaper sales/circulation; advertisement sales; production; the company's financial position and budget; editorial and board appointments and resignations; promotions/marketing; strategy and development; negotiations with NUJ.

Other items discussed include (with year of first recording):
proposed purchase of inserting equipment (1989); appointment of attorneys in Spain in respect of proposed purchase of shares in Unidad Editorial, SA (1989); cover price increase (1990); reorganisation of Guardian and Manchester Evening News (GMEN) (1990); Education Guardian launch (1990); Guardian representative of the board of El Mundo (1990); colour printing (1990); policies for recession (1991); 'New developments' including changes to Saturday paper, expansion of Guardian Weekly into South Africa, increased investment in Fourth Estate, (1992); Weekend Guardian (1992); establishment of new IT department (1992); change of daily second section to tabloid formats (G2) (1992); GMEN's purchase of Observer and issues arrising from the acquisition (1993); Guardian trusteeship of London Student Radio (1994).
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Internal and external correspondence concerning the Guardian picture desk, April 1981 - April 1985.

Subjects covered include: budgets, April 1981 - August 1981; access to the Hulton Picture Library, December 1981; United Press International picture contract, December 1981; changes to desk arrangements, November 1982; photographs for NUJ press passes, December 1982; Peter Johns freelance photography, September 1981 - May 1983; late pictures, August 1983 - November 1983; work load organisation, December 1983 - February 1984; picture quality and problems with wire picture receivers, March 1984 - October 1984; staff dispute concerning the processing of freelance photographers' work, cMarch 1985 - April 1985 and processing procedures, March 1985.

Correspondents include: Ian Wright, Ken Dodd, Brian Crook, Peter Preston, Frank Platt, Guardian readers, David Dalton.

Also contains examples of wire prints, c1984.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright

Correspondence and notes, primarily internal, relating to the production of the Guardian, June 1978 - June 1986.

Correspondents include: Ian Wright, Michael McNay, Jean Stead, Peter Preston, John Dixey, Harry Roche, Frank Platt and Ken Dodd.

Subjects covered include: caption fonts, June 1978; motor-cycle coverage, June 1979 - November 1982; special page production, November 1979 - August 1980; leader page production, January 1980; staff pay, January 1980; new logos, October 1980; complaint concerning a Guardian article, November 1980; travel page layout, January 1981; WorldPaper, April 1982; positioning of the Guardian crossword and fees, May 1982 and February 1985; Guardian graphics, July 1983; differences in the printing quality of London and Manchester editions, February 1984 - March 1984; problems with colour nights June 1984; staff appointments and retirements, June 1984 - November 1984; new freelance fees, August 1984; production problems, November 1984 - August 1985; industrial action and the Chapel's house agreement, January 1985 - May 1985; the possibility of using Helvetica Black as a font for Agenda pages, April 1985; the possibility of having a third printing production in Manchester, October 1985 - November 1985 and printing quality in Manchester, May 1986 - June 1986.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright