[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.