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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 Tom Jackson and Donny Davies and notice of the establishing of Anglia Television Ltd; 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; a history of the Survey of Industry, discontinued in March 1958; Manchester Evening News mobile stop press printing units (vehicles which printed the latest edition of the newspaper); report on newspaper sizes (total pages) including comparison of Guardian and Evening News and their competitors and advertising volume (columns per editorial and classified and display advertising); report and graphs of newspaper sales for MEN, Guardian and Guardian Weekly including the impact of reporting on Suez; report on how the MEN is written; a breakdown of staff by gender, department and age, with comparison of previous years, and the number of pensioners; and details of the materials used by the company, 1957-58.

The back cover has a report on the number of accidents among employees.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited

Folder containing miscellaneous advertising records, including correspondence with W McMillan on advertising personnel (amongst other topics); 'Advertising Department Progress Report' by PA Management Consultants Ltd, 18 October 1967; diagram showing hierarchy of staff members, titled 'The Guardian Advertising Department'; ' memo regarding the appointment of Ronald Miller to a senior position within Anglia Television, November 1967; invitations sent out to various Advertising and Marketing companies, requesting their attendance at the Chairman's cocktail parties of 3 and 5 July, 1967, with replies; correspondence between LP Scott and Kenneth Searle and MacMillan, regarding ABC subscriptions and charitable causes, November 1966; information on advertising rates and comments on newspaper comparisons in the field, 1964; correspondence with AD George and Searle on advertising rates in the Sunday Times, July 1964 copy of 'The Journal of The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce', including a highlighted article on The Social and Economic Context of Advertising; letter regarding a civil claim against the Guardian, with notes by Scott, February 1965; 'Foreign Advertisement Department', figures covering the financial year April 1963 - March 1964; 'General Report on the Response to the Public Appointment Columns of the Manchester Guardian', February 1948; letters on classified advertising rates; 'Display Advertisement Revenue, Increases for 1953 over 1952' by Scott, 1 March 1954; 'Joining the Guardian', booklet written for new employees, containing charts showing the staff heirarchy for different departments, June 1969.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Files containing correspondence on the establishment and administration of Anglia Television, of which LP Scott was a founding director.
Also contains a file of correspondence relating to shares held in British Telemeter Home Viewing Ltd.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Most correspondence dates from the year 1958.

File contains correspondence regarding the establishment of an independent commercial television station, in the east of England (Anglia television), and includes a copy of application form to be filled in for the post of programme director (1958); correspondence regarding the proposed site of the transmitter (1958), a list of organisations in Norwich, who could be approached as shareholders (nd) and correspondence with other interested parties. Principal correspondents are George Townshend (Lord Townshend of Raynham) and John Woolf of Romulus Films (investor), although others are also consulted- including Stephen Bonarjee from the BBC.

Also included are papers relating to the (aborted) attempts to purchase the North West programme contract (1954) and 'Hadrian TV', the North East programme contract (1957-59).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

File containing papers relating to the inception of Anglia Television, including a copy of the Memorandum and Articles of Association (1958); a contract made between the Independent Television Authority and Anglia Television, for the appointment of Programme Contractor (1959), and negotiations with Yorkshire television regarding a possible merger.

Also included is correspondence regarding ownership of the Belmont transmitter (1970), and on the establishment of a proposed television company, to be called 'Wildlife Inc.' (1970).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

File of correspondence relating to Anglia Television's commercial interests in Television Broadcasts Limited, Hong Kong.

Includes correspondence relating to LP Scott's visits to Hong Kong in 1968; tables of performance targets and advertising rates (1968), and correspondence concerning the post of General Manager.

Other shareholders in Television Broadcasts Ltd. and correspondents include, Aubrey Buxton of Anglia Television, Howard Thomas of Thames Television and Sig. Mickelson of Time Life in New York.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Correspondence regarding the running of Anglia Television.

The first section concerns the expenses incurred by LP Scott, in his capacity as director of the company (1963-1978).

The second is titled 'Anglia- LPS's confidential memoranda', and contains notes made on meetings held, and correspondence with other members of the management committee (1968-1976), and the third contains more general correspondence (1958-1974).

The third section includes correspondence with George Townshend on the future of the company (1960); with John Woolf (Anglia director) on a Television Centre on the South Bank in London (1961); with members of the management committee on the establishment of a new transmitter (1960), and with Aubrey Buxton, on the general administration of the company, including management restructuring (1968-70).

Includes a list of all companies with an interest in programme contracts, in the UK (1963).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

Correspondence relating to the running of Anglia Television.

Section 1 is titled 'Publicity, Public Relations' and contains correspondence with PR consultants Willsmore and Tibbenham (Norwich) Ltd and Walter Judd Ltd on the preparation of a public relations campaign for Anglia Television (1958-9).

Section 2 contains correspondence relating to the administration of Anglia's financial accounts, and primarily the acquisition and selling of shares in the company. Other correspondence relaties to the rental of business premises in Norwich; cash forecasts; advertising rates and the production of rate cards; sales targets, and copies of annual reports and accounts for the years 1967, 69 and 75, (1958-76).
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott

File relating to the appointment and retention of Anglia staff.
It includes applications made for posts, accompanied by curriculum vitaes, papers relating to interviews held, letters of resignation, and all correspondence relating to staff pensions.
Also included is a list of all staff appointments made, dated September 1960.
Creator: Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited; Chairman's Office; Laurence Prestwich Scott