Yattendon Group
{{Short description|British media investment group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Yattendon Group plc
| logo = Yattendon Group.png
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| foundation = About 1877
| founder = Henry Sturmey & William Isaac Iliffe
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| location_country = United Kingdom
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| key_people = The Lord Iliffe
Chairman
Robert Peter Richard Iliffe
Chief Executive
| industry = New media
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| homepage = {{URL|www.yattendongroup.co.uk}}
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Yattendon Group plc (formerly Yattendon Investment Trust) is a British-based private company owned by the Iliffe family. It has interests in Vancouver, Seattle, agriculture, marinas and local newspaper printing and publishing. It is named after the village of Yattendon in Berkshire.
Property
Yattendon owns marinas via its subsidiary MDL Marinas. It also owns large areas of land in West Berkshire.{{cite web |date=2014-02-28 |title=Yattendon Estate hits back at "ill-informed" housing benefit article |url=https://www.newburytoday.co.uk/news/yattendon-estate-hits-back-at-ill-informed-housing-benefit-article-9169960/ |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=Newbury Today |language=en}}
Media
Yattendon previously owned Channel Television, and sold this to ITV plc in 2011.{{Cite web |date=2011-10-18 |title=ITV plc buys Channel Television |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/oct/18/itv-plc-buys-channel-television |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}
Iliffe Media
Iliffe Media publishes 38 local newspapers, magazines, KMFM radio stations and associated online products.{{Cite news |date=2015-10-28 |title=Trinity Mirror buys newspaper rival Local World |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/business-34660516 |access-date=2022-09-20}}
In 2016, the Iliffe family launched a new weekly newspaper and associated media under the banner of the Cambridge Independent following the absorption of its former title, the Cambridge News, into the Trinity Mirror Group after failing to return the title following the Local World venture.{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/iliffe-family-takes-on-trinity-mirror-with-launch-of-cambridge-weekly-after-bid-to-buy-back-titles-was-blocked/|title = Iliffe family takes on Trinity Mirror with launch of Cambridge weekly after bid to buy back titles was blocked|date = 20 September 2016}}
Yattendon's printing press in Milton, Cambridgeshire produces full colour newspapers for a wide range of clients.{{cite web |url=https://www.iliffeprint.co.uk/ |title=Iliffe Print |author= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date=2 February 2023 |quote=}}
Acquisitions
In January 2017, Yattendon bought 13 newspapers in Lincolnshire and East Anglia from Johnston Press. These include some very long established titles:{{cite web |last1=Linford |first1=Paul |title=Iliffe Media completes purchase of 13 weeklies from JP - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage |url=https://www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2017/news/iliffe-media-completes-purchase-of-13-weeklies-from-jp/ |website=HoldtheFrontPage |publisher=Hold the Front Page |access-date=22 March 2020 |date=17 January 2017}}
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- Bourne Local
- Bury Free Press
- Diss Express
- Fenland Citizen
- Grantham Journal
- Haverhill Echo
- Lincolnshire Free Press
- Lynn News
- Newmarket Journal
- Rutland Times
- Spalding Guardian
- Suffolk Free Press
- Stamford Mercury
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See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.yattendongroup.co.uk}}
Category:Companies based in Berkshire
Category:Mass media companies of the United Kingdom
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