Dossier 100 - Lonrho PLC 1983

1 file

General file regarding Lonrho PLC.

Contains correspondence, memorandum and reports concerning: a contract with the Standard; jobs listings; the Albert exhibition; relations with the trade unions; investment in public information terminals; Lonrho share option scheme; Fitch & Company, design consultants; Scottish newspaper circulation; executive bonus; Fassnidge Son & Norris, building services; Observer funding; pensions; Lonrho annual reports; Michael Lehrer Associates (MLA), management services consultants; social occasions; budgets; an internal audit report; the publication of the 10,000th issue of the Observer; a MORI poll of newspaper readers; staff discounts; Lonrho interests in Africa; magazine costs; reducing staffing levels; cost reductions; the National Readership Survey; cover price increase; strategies for the Observer; the Ladies Live handbook of rules and etiquette; management meetings schedule; staff salary increases; draft statements concerning the position of Lonrho and ownership of the newspaper.

Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Lonrho; Terry Robinson; Fitch & Company; Malcolm Hill.

Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison

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