Dossier 4 - Accounts - Budget 1983-1984

2 files

File 1:
Contains correspondence and reports relating to the formulation and review of the 1983/4 Observer budget. Includes: memorandums relating to departmental overspending and re-forecasting including a draft proposal for production economies (April 1984); monthly and year end marketing promotional budget statements; financial projection for the year ending 30 September 1984; annotated draft Observer budgets for 1983/4 from September and August1983; Management Committee Review Meeting papers (July 1983); budget review task list with initials of responsible individuals (July 1983); bound, annotated copy of the advertisement department revenue budget for 1983/4; profit and loss accounts for the financial year 1983/4 and a report on financial results for the year ending 30 September 1984.

Primary Correspondents include: Jennie Beck, Brian S Blelloch, David Bishop, William Millinship and Roger Harrison.

File 2:
Includes: Memorandums relating to the formulation of the the Observer budget for 1983/1984, including comments on the potential profitability of a paper for young readers; budget schedules and summaries, circulation figures and other papers for discussion at budget review meetings and a bound copy of the 1983/4 budget submitted to the Board on 6 September 1983. This file includes information relating to individuals' salaries.

Primary Correspondents include: David Bishop and Roger Harrison.

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

Records identifying individuals' salaries are closed in accordance with DPA.