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Contains correspondence and reports relating to the formulation and review of the 1985/6 Observer budget. Includes: timetables, agreed assumptions and cost centre information used to put together the budget; forecast, spending, including capital expenditure (including the planned purchase of an Amstrad computer), and draft budget figures; memorandums relating to overspends (including libel costs) and to planned and effected cost savings; trading results for the first quarter of 1985/6 and memorandums relating to inserts provison and costs and redundancy provision.

Also includes: a bound copy of the display advertising department budget for 1985/6 and 3 draft copies of the full budget from August and September 1985 (including the copies sent to Lonrho and to the Board for approval).

Primary Correspondents include: Roger Harrison, John Nuttall-Smith, David Bishop, Nick Morrell, Brian S Blelloch and William Millinship.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Records relating to the purchase, replacement, repair, insurance and parking of company cars, and the expenses involved. Includes sets of figures showing the expenditure limits for different staff bands and other budget information relating to staff vehicles.

Primary Correspondents include: Roger Harrsion,David Bishop, Donald Trelford, Nicholas Morrell, Ron Holmes, Brian Nicholson, John Steel and Joan Scarsbrook.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

Contains correspondence relating to the Observer group's actual and expected financial performance during the early 1980s.Correspondence is dated 1982-1985, but figures are included going back to 1981. Includes figures and financial reports showing: the group's overdraft position; profit and loss accounts; sales forecasts; production and editorial costs forecasts; overheads; cash flow forecasts and actual figures plotted on monthly and yearly graphs; budget overspends; and the analysis of revenue and of expenditure (by cost centre), along with related memorandums.

Primary correspondents include: Ray Brazell, David Bishop, Brian Blelloch, Roger Harrison and Nicholas Morrell.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

This files contains correspondence with advertising clients relating to the Observer's debt collecting processes, chiefly in relation to the operations of Inter-Credit International Ltd. and internal memorandums received and sent by Harrison relating to debt collection, overdue advertising accounts and the shortfalls and computerisation of the advertising bookings system.

Also includes: newspaper overdue lists and the minutes of a meeting held to review the advertising bookings system in 1982.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file on classified advertising containing correspondence, memorandums and reports relating to classified and personal adverts placed in the newspaper. Topics covered include the space given to advertising and competition between the national newspapers for classified advertisements. Includes complaints from members of the public about the content of adverts, including the inclusion of 'pornographic' images.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Nick Morrell.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file on Observer Colour Magazine advertising and supplements. Contains correspondence and memorandums relating to a China marketing conference, looking at opportunities with China for UK businesses, sponsored by the Observer. The conference was organised following the publication of a China business supplement by the newspaper.

Further correspondence, memorandums and reports relate to advertising and supplements including; the integration of the magazine with supplements; the space allocated to advertising in the magazine; pop poster inserts; profitability reports; international special supplements; the size of the magazine; details of circulation; complaints received regarding advertising including reproduction complaints; regional advertising pages; the introduction of a gloss cover; competition with other national newspaper magazines.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Reg Bloom; Nick Morrell; John Nuttall-Smith; Jeff May.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding display advertisements in the newspaper, containing correspondence, memorandums and reports. Topics covered include:discussions with the Association For All Speech Impaired Children (AFASIC) regarding a crossword competition hosted by the newspaper; complaints from members of the public in response to the inclusion of a Labour party insert in the Observer magazine; advertisement costs and statistics; complaints received in response to adverts; the space allocated to adverts.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Nick Morrell.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding the sale of the Observer in Europe containing correspondence, memoranda and reports including; travel programmes for foreign visits by advertisement staff; reports concerning European sales of the newspaper including specific reports on Switzerland, Germany and France; budgets for European advertisements; a readership survey of European businessmen.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Reg Sudbury; John Nuttall-Smith.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding the renewal of the advertising mail order protection scheme. Contains correspondence, memorandums and reports which chart the related debate around the terms of the scheme.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; The Daily Telegraph.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

General file regarding advertising in editorial features containing correspondence, memoranda and reports including; programmes for features; advertising costs; foreign advertising; ideas for editorial features with details of possible advertisers; foreign and special supplements; space allocated to advertising; the introduction of a weekly education article; regional supplements; the sponsorship of supplements.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Nick Morrell; Reginald Bloom; John Nuttall-Smith.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison