They were renowned for cutting unnecessary costs whilst insisting on competent editorial coverage, believing it to be the only reason the public would continue buying or reading.
Among the titles were Reading Chronicle, Surrey Mirror, Sutton Herald, Walthamstow Guardian, South London Press and The Crawley News.
[2] The business was based in Hemel Hempstead, and following the management buyout from BET in 1988 was run by chairman Kimble Earl and MD Terry Pattison.
Argus Press Group ran a significant portfolio of consumer magazines from premises adjacent to London's Leicester Square.
The business was run by chairman Kimble Earl and MD Gill Butler from the Argus Press management buyout in 1988 until being sold to EMAP in 1991.
This business was a major player in business-to-business publications in both the UK and the USA, with publishing centres in Redhill, Surrey, and in Atlanta, Denver, Clarksdale, Mississippi and others.