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- 1966-1987 (Creation)
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General file containing documents relating to wholesale agents.
Contains correspondence, reports and memorandum concerning: wholesale agency contracts; the London Wholesalers Federation; James & W Mayell Limited, wholesale newspaper distributors; waste; the Office of Fair Trading; VAT rates; Messageries Paul Kraus and circulation in Luxembourg; issues with circulation; the cover price; publishing the newspaper on New Years Day; the destruction of copies of the newspaper; circulation figures; cover price discounts; load times; handling allowances; Irish newsagents; a meeting of the Circulation Executive; trade terms; cessation of mid-week printed section; handling of the colour magazine; Sunday contracts; credit control; regional wholesalers; Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT); Scottish wholesalers; The Times and other newspapers; overtime payments; distribution; National Society of Provincial Wholesale Sunday Newspaper Distributors; WH Smith and Son; Sunday Newspaper Distributor Association; National Federation of Retail Newsagents, Booksellers & Stationers.
Primary correspondents include: Roger Harrison; Lee Simpson; Nick Morrell; Reg Sudbury; Brian Nicholson; Derek Linnett.
Creator: The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison
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- Harrison; Desmond Roger Wingate (1933-); managing director and chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Simpson; Lee; circulation manager (Subject)
- Morrell; Nicholas J; chief executive of The Observer (Subject)
- Sudbury; Reg; Circulation manager (Subject)
- Nicholson; Brian Thomas Graves (1930-); journalist and managing director of the Observer (Subject)
- Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (1966-1992); trade union (Subject)
- WH Smiths (1792-); retail chain (Subject)