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- 1980-1981 (Creation)
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Contains correspondence relating to the preparation of the Observer budget for 1981. Includes memorandums relating to: capital expenditure, budget cuts needed in 1981 and the potential impact of these, and savings to be made by moving magazine copying in-house. Also information about individual staff salaries; lists of budget codes for Observer cost centres; William Millinship's comments on the projected editorial budget (November 1980); three annotated copies of the budget released on 1 December 1980; figures showing projected newspaper profitability dated January 1981 and correspondence relating to budget statements for April 1981.
Primary correspondents include: Donald Trelford, Roger Harrison, William Millinship, John Nuttall-Smith and Ray Breden.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison
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Records identifying individuals' salaries are closed in accordance with DPA.
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- Millinship; William Henry George (1929-2010); journalist and managing editor of the Observer (Subject)
- Trelford; Donald Gilchrist (1937-2023); journalist, broadcaster, and editor of The Observer (Subject)
- Nuttall-Smith; John; Observer employee (Subject)
- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)