| Level | Item |
| Ref No | OBS/1/2/2/2/69 |
| Title | Circulation: re wholesalers |
| Date | 1966-1987 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Creator Name | The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison |
| Description | 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. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Typescript |
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