| Abstract | Working report of Manchester Guardian and Evening News Limited. The report features a list of directors; an introduction by LP Scott including tributes to AP Wadsworth and CW Tonge; 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; report on the prices and costs of newprint including the impact of rationing control by the Newsprint Supply Company; map showing the position of three-acre plot of land in Salford due to be purchased by MGEN; a report on the company and trade unions and statement on company policy; a report on newspaper sizes (quantity of pages) with the average number of pages of the Guardian, MEN and their competitors; graphs and report on newspaper sales for the MEN, Guardian and Guardian Weekly; a note on charges included in the accounts; and details of the materials used by the company, 1956-57. |