[citation needed] The company is based in Farnham, Surrey, under CEO Danny Cammiade.[when?

Founder Sir Ray Tindle was a "strong believer in 'ultra-local' journalism",[1] a culture which the company still follows today.

[4] At the company's peak, Tindle Newspapers owned and operated more than 220 local titles.

[8] In 1998, he sold back his shares in the company to buy Island FM in Guernsey, the first local station to form part of the Tindle group.

[11] This decision was controversial and was attacked as censorship by a number of commentators, including the National Union of Journalists General Secretary Jeremy Dear.