| Level | Item |
| Ref No | OBS/1/2/2/4/2/3 |
| Title | NPA Council Control Group |
| Date | 1972-1978 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Creator Name | The Observer Limited; Managing Director's Office; Roger Harrison |
| Description | This file contains correspondence, memos, reports and agendas about the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) Support Agreement, of which The Observer Ltd was a member, along with: Associated Newspapers Group Ltd, Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd, News Group Newspapers Ltd, The Daily Telegraph Ltd,, The Financial Times Ltd, The Guardian and Manchester Evening News Ltd. and The Times newspapers Ltd.
Records include:
- A statement regarding the main objectives of the Support Agreement ("to encourage member companies of the NPA to resist excessive and unreasonable demands from Trade Unions. To promote unity within the NPA and to secure strict adherence to existing agreements and procedures") (13 April 1976).
- Minutes regarding dissatisfaction about NPA's role when dealing with industrial relations (1978).
- List of payments made by The Observer and other newspapers to the NPA Support Agreement (January - June 1976).
- Memos highlighting concerns about The Observer's financial commitment to the NPA Support Agreement. Contains note outlining payments made by The Observer in the years 1974-1976.
- Correspondence about possible amendments to the existing NPA Support Agreement (15 April 1976).
- Minutes and correspondence about some newspaper publications withdrawing their NPA membership (1978). |
| Access Status | Open(part) |
| Access Conditions | Subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act. |
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