2. Publisher Number of papers Potential public notices income
Trinity Mirror 130 £8,018,530 - ?
Northcliffe 84 £5,181,305 - ?
Archant 64 £3,3947,584 - ?
Newsquest 200 £16,345,465 - ?
Johnston 265 £22,020,117 - ?
Number of papers taken from publisher website

4. - is your local newspaper holding you to account?
- in today’s growing digital media landscape, what
additional value is your local newspaper offering over
newer forms of local media?
- how many of your local reporters would you describe
as being at the heart of your community?

7. “total waste of money”

8. 1 councils should be free to decide where is best to place public notices
• public notices should be written in normal language
2 councils who do publish notices online should offer residents an email
subscription service, allowing users to opt-in to receive public notices
• hyperlocal, neighbourhood websites, as well as traditional local media news
sites, should be encouraged to carry feeds of council notices
3 the Government should look into the possibility of supporting the development of
a central online portal for publishing public notices

10. 1 councils should be free to decide where is best to place public notices
• public notices should be written in normal language
2 councils who do publish notices online should offer residents an email
subscription service, allowing users to opt-in to receive public notices
• hyperlocal, neighbourhood websites, as well as traditional local media news
sites, should be encouraged to carry feeds of council notices
3 the Government should look into the possibility of supporting the development of
a central online portal for publishing public notices

12. 1 councils should be free to decide where is best to place public notices
• more work needs to be done to de-jargon and standardise the content of public
notices
2 councils who do publish notices online should offer users a email subscription
service, allowing uses to opt-in to receive public notices
• hyperlocal, neighbourhood websites, as well as traditional local media news
sites, should be encouraged to carry feeds of council notices
3 the Government should look into the possibility of supporting the development of
a central online portal for publishing public notices

13. Get involved: jonathan.carr-west@lgiu.org.uk