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Correspondence, notes of meetings and draft papers relating to negotiations for, and the implementation of, the Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL) and National Union of Journalists (NUJ) 1989 house agreement, December 1988 - November 1989.

Includes: letters from Ken Dodd to the Daily Telegraph, Financial Times, The Times and Press Association requesting information on their pay claims, December 1988; correspondence between Ken Dodd, Jim Markwick and Lovell, White and Durrant concerning legal advice for the Guardian NUJ pay claim, January 1989; report and accounts for the Guardian and Manchester Evening News, 1989; lists of updated staff salaries, May 1989; direct input agreement, nd; draft list of proposed house agreement changes for 1989; annotated summary of the Guardian responses to Lord McCarthy's mediation of differences between the Guardian and NUJ at ACAS, May 1989; memorandums from Peter Preston to Guardian staff announcing the settlement of the NUJ pay claim, June 1989; Reuters journalists' salary survey, October 1989; correspondence between Ken Dodd and Seumas Milne concerning the interpretation of the 1989 agreement, October 1989 and a newspaper cutting concerning an 10% increase in freelance rates at the BBC, November 1989.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd

Correspondence, notes and draft agreements relating to negotiations between Guardian Newspapers Limited and the National Union of Journalists for a new house agreement for 1990.

Includes: a letter from Seumas Milne to all NUJ members concerning personal contracts, 20 December 1989; list of agreed points between GNL and NUJ, 8 January 1990; annotated draft of the 1990 house agreement, nd, [1990]; letter to Ian Wright from Lovell, White and Durrant concerning amendments to the agreement, 22 March 1990; drafts of appendix F of the agreement relating to grievence and disciplinary procedure, January 1990 - February 1990; specimen clauses for inclusion in individually negotiated contracts of employments, January 1990 and an NUJ promotional brochure, nd, [c1990].
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright

Prepared on behalf of The Observer Limited by Lovell White Durrant.
Incorporates all amendments up to and including 10th August 1992.
Includes: reprinted certificate of incorporation; memorandum of association as altered by special resolution passed on 27 September 1991; new articles of association as adopted by a Special Resolution passed on 26 August 1981 and amended by Special Resolutions passed on 27 September 1991 and on 10 August 1992; special and ordinary resolutions passed on 9 October 1918, 13 June 1945, 9 October 1945, 9 January 1951, 22 April 1952, 8 August 1958, 25 March 1959, 29 July 1960, 14 December 1961, 16 November 1967, 6 July 1976, 17 January 1977, 26 August 1981, 14 October 1987, 27 September 1991, 10 August 1992.

Correspondence, with associated documentation, concerning the introduction and performance of new Atex editorial systems at the Guardian and Observer, January 1993 - May 1995.

Correspondents include: Graham Shaw (Atex, managing director); Roy Cowley (Atex, managing director); Ian Wright (managing editor); Paul Broome; Ian Ashcroft (GNL deputy managing director) and Lovell White and Durrent (solicitors).

Subjects covered include: plans for Atex network installation, March 1993; costs of installing editorial pagination (EdPage) and imaging components software, March 1993; specification and cost of the integration of Quark XPress pages with the existing J11 based Atex system, May - June 1993; Guardian plans for full digital output and the integration of Guardian systems, March - April 1993; timetable for Observer EdPage installation, June 1993; proposals for the implementation of an EdPage trial and integrated editorial/advertising output, July - September 1993; terms of the Atex sale and software support agreement, October - December 1993; quotes for the installation of Reflex tracking system, February - April 1995; payments, April 1994 - January 1995; Architect to XPress Xtension, May - October 1994 and outstanding issues and system problems, December 1993 - May 1995.

Also contains minutes of the Atex co-ordination meeting held 13 January 1993; press cuttings relating to changes to the strategies and ownership of Atex, 1993 - April 1995; copy of the Atex sale and software support agreements, annotated by Lovell White and Durrent, October 1993; paper by Ian Ashcroft on plans for full page electronic out-put at the Guardian, October 1993; minutes of the meeting of the Guardian integration project committee, April 1994*; invoices, 1994-1995; editorial systems audit report by IA Forsyth, February - March 1995 and minutes of the meeting of the Guardian Review, 16 March 1995.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright

Signed minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of Guardian Newspapers Limited (GNL) from 21 November 1967 (first meeting) until 18 December 1974. Not indexed.
Meetings were held at 192 Grays Inn Road, London or 3 Cross Street, Manchester.

Present or attending the meetings are (in order of appearance): PW Gibbings; Alastair Hetherington; MGA Jack; HG Milner; GP Taylor; WH Thomas; JC Markwick; Stanley Porter; BLB Hutchings (Lovell, White & King); JJT Stephens (Lovell, White & King); FA Ravenscroft (Cooper Bros & Co); MA Anderson; JHM Kelvie; HC Thompson; JM Cole; RS Rix; NH Thompson; and HJ Abbiss.

The first meeting of the board of directors records the initial administration of the new company including: the incorporation of the company; appointment of directors and secretary; recording of the registered office of the company as 3 Cross Street, Manchester; recording of the company bank account to be opened; recording the common seal of the company (impressed into minutes); and the transfer of shares and the register of members.

Regular items discussed at the meetings include newspaper sales and promotions; advertisement sales; production (including Lancashire Colour Printers and newsprint supplies); the company's financial position and budget; editorial appointments; strategy and development.

Other items discussed include (with year of first recording):
Guardian Weekly (1967); Guardian Business Services (1967); impact of devaluation of pound sterling (1967); price increases (1968); acquisitions and shares; editorial strategy (spring 1968); investigation of colour printing (1968); content aimed at women (1968); new building at Deansgate, Manchester (1968); facsimile transmission (1968); Autumn Plans including staff and layout changes - supporting paper (July 1968); readership figures; facsimile production (1968); negotiations with NUJ/NPA (1968); young readers (1968); university exam results (1969); Film 'News Story' (1969); Saturday papers (1969); Guardian's 150th anniversary (1970); Northprint Ltd (1970); wholesalers dispute (1970); commercial radio (1971); European syndication (1971); group structure (1972); investigations into Guardian sharing The Observer's premises at Printing House Square, London (1972); Guardian Study Vacations (part of Guardian Business Services) (1972); typeface change (1973); Gemini News Service (1973); impact of Price Commission (1973); fuel supplies for distribution (1973); shortening working weeks (1973); London printing, contract with The Times (1973); Peter Preston's visit to USA to investigate new technology production (1974).

The minutes of two meetings with separate item numbering sequences are also filed in this volume:
29 December 1967: Extraordinary General Meeting of GNL, 3 Cross Street, Manchester, concerning the increasing of the capital of the company.
5 April 1973: Meeting of a sub-committee of GNL, 192 Grays Inn Road, London, concerning the proposal to purchase Gemini News Service.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited

Correspondence and information concerning competitions and awards either presented to the Guardian and/or it's staff, judged by or nominated by Peter Preston or otherwise associated with the Guardian.

Includes the first James Cameron memorial award (ceremony April 1987); Harry Chambers/Peterloo Poets competition; Business Press International writer of the year award; British Press Awards; Harold Wincott Press Awards; Student Media Awards; Association of Free Newspapers Awards; Lovell, White, Durrant/Guardian International Awards for Students; Linotype-Hell Newspaper Design Awards (with three black/white photographs, 1990); London Press Club Awards; Africa Prize for Leadership for the sustainable end of hunger; and summary of Guardian Awards, 1970-1991.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

Records relating to co-operation between the Guardian and El Mundo newspaper, May 1989 - November 1992.

Includes: correspondence concerning editorial co-operation, May 1989; the launch of El Mundo, June 1989; correspondence between Peter Preston and editors of European newspapers, including De Volkskrant, Die Zeit, La Stampa and Dagnes NyHeter, concerning plans for the establishment of a magazine containing copies of articles from european partner newspapers, 30 June - August 1989; Guardian investment in El Mundo, June 1989 - September 1989; note on El Mundo expenses, December 1990; EL Mundo report and accounts, March 1991 and legal records and correspondence concerning El Mundo's new financial backers Rizzoli-Corriere del Sara, June 1991 - October 1991.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

Envelope titled 'Financial- Miscellaneous, 1959/69' containing correspondence and papers including arrangements for air travel; correspondence with BLB Hutchings of Lovell, White & King and Hoare & Co on the purchase of shares; correspondence on securing a loan; a 'Report of the Directors and Balance Sheet', dated 28 March 1964, accompanied by handwritten notes, and statistics submitted to the Board of Trade.
Most correspondence and papers date from the years 1965-1969.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Records relating to changes to the Guardian and Atex sale agreement for the supply of software and hardware for the [editorial and advertising] integration project.

Includes: a draft letter concerning amendments to Atex sale agreement, 27 May 1994; integration project timetable, 27 May 1994; agenda and notes from the integration project meeting held 1 June 1994; a letter from Lovell White & Durrant (Guardian solicitors) to Ian Ashcroft (GNL deputy managing director) concerning outstanding points in the Atex sale agreement, 31 May 1994 and copies of attachment A 'system and services description and pricing', attachment B 'system and services specification', attachment C 'acceptance criteria' and attachment E 'escrow agreement' of the Guardian and Atex sale agreement, May 1994.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright

Records relating to the implementation of the Atex pagination tool, EdPage, as part of the Guardian and Observer integration project. The aim of the integration project was to integrate the newspapers' editorial and advertising systems to produce full electronic integrated colour pagination and to ensure a successful digital output of all pages, with colour content, to all printing sites.

Includes papers on preparations for the electronic page, January 1994 and automating page production flow, November 1994; ists of pages to be tested on EdPage, 20 January 1994; EdPage trial progress report, 21 January 1994; training schedules, February - June 1994; lists of proposed publication and section codes, February 1994; Guardian and Observer page schedules, February 1994; list of working party committees with remits for the integrated electronic mono page project, February - April 1994; notes and minutes of project committee and working party meetings, January - November 1994; progress reports, March 1994 - June 1994; a budget report, March 1994; draft sale agreement marked-up with changes by Lovell Whte and Durrant (Guardian solicitors), May 1994; project timetable, May 1994 and plan, August 1994; lists of outstanding project issues, August - November 1994; papers on EdPage 1:5:2 and 1:6 environment upgrades, 15 March 1995 and minutes of the colour integration project meetings, July 1995.

Also contains internal correspondence and memorandums concerning the costs of implementing the full EdPage project, February 1994; levels of EdPage training available, February 1994; EdPage features, March 1994; integration project progress, March - May 1994; Atex project management, March 1994; Architect to Xpress Xtension specifications, August 1994; the production flow of integration project pages, August 1994; colour integration, september 1994 and EdPage warranty extension, September 1994.

Correspondents include: Ian Ashcroft; David Hall (Atex sales and marketing manager); Angela Lees; Ian Wright; Graham Shaw, (Atex managing director) and Fiona Morris.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Ian Wright