Sunday Business
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Sunday Business was a national Sunday broadsheet
financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business.
It was founded by Tom Rubython in order to provide a Sunday alternative to the Financial Times
, achieving sales of around 150,000 on launch, falling to fewer than 20,000 within months. In 1997 the title was bought by the Barclay Brothers - David and Frederick Barclay
, who at the time owned The European newspaper and subsequently, The Daily Telegraph
and The Scotsman
.
It was re-launched on 15 February 1998 with an exclusive interview with Gordon Brown
- who promised a budget tailored towards the business community.
Re-launched, The Sunday Business quickly became a critical success and within its first two years of production had won numerous industry awards, including Newspaper of The Year (1999) and Newspaper Design of the Year (1998, 2000).
Initial sales were promising, however the newspaper became better known as a launch pad for the successful careers of the small team put together by editor Jeff Randall (journalist)
in the winter of 1997/8 - all of whom now play major roles in British newspapers.
By the summer of 2003, most of the re-launch team had been head-hunted by rival national newspapers from across Fleet Street, and the production of the newspaper was handed over to the Press Association
. From its offices in London's Victoria, and under the editorship of Andrew Neil, it was rebranded The Business - a weekly glossy magazine - in the autumn of 2006.
That magazine disappeared in 2008 as it was merged into The Spectator
and subsequently re-emerged as the monthly Spectator Business magazine.
Broadsheet
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financial newspaper published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called The Business.
It was founded by Tom Rubython in order to provide a Sunday alternative to the Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
, achieving sales of around 150,000 on launch, falling to fewer than 20,000 within months. In 1997 the title was bought by the Barclay Brothers - David and Frederick Barclay
David and Frederick Barclay
Sir David Rowat Barclay and Sir Frederick Hugh Barclay are British businessmen. The identical twin brothers have very substantial business interests primarily in media, retail and property. The Sunday Times Rich List of 2007 estimated their wealth at £1.8 billion...
, who at the time owned The European newspaper and subsequently, The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
and The Scotsman
The Scotsman
The Scotsman is a British newspaper, published in Edinburgh.As of August 2011 it had an audited circulation of 38,423, down from about 100,000 in the 1980s....
.
It was re-launched on 15 February 1998 with an exclusive interview with Gordon Brown
Gordon Brown
James Gordon Brown is a British Labour Party politician who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 until 2010. He previously served as Chancellor of the Exchequer in the Labour Government from 1997 to 2007...
- who promised a budget tailored towards the business community.
"The budget will lay down the foundations for long-term British industrial and economic success".
Re-launched, The Sunday Business quickly became a critical success and within its first two years of production had won numerous industry awards, including Newspaper of The Year (1999) and Newspaper Design of the Year (1998, 2000).
Initial sales were promising, however the newspaper became better known as a launch pad for the successful careers of the small team put together by editor Jeff Randall (journalist)
Jeff Randall (journalist)
Jeff William Randall is a journalist, who presents Jeff Randall Live, a business and politics show on Sky News...
in the winter of 1997/8 - all of whom now play major roles in British newspapers.
Re-launch team
- Andrew NeilAndrew NeilAndrew Ferguson Neil is a Scottish journalist and broadcaster.He currently works for the BBC, presenting the live political programmes The Daily Politics and This Week...
(publisher): Became presenter of the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
weekly political roundup show, This Week, and co-presenter of The Daily PoliticsThe Daily PoliticsThe Daily Politics is a British television show launched by the BBC in 2003. Presented by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn, the programme takes an in-depth and sometimes irreverent look at the daily goings on in Westminster and other areas across Britain and the world, and includes interviews with leading...
in 2003. In November 2004 became Chief Executive of The SpectatorThe SpectatorThe Spectator is a weekly British magazine first published on 6 July 1828. It is currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay, who also owns The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture...
. Neil served as Lord Rector of St Andrews University from 1999 - 2002. - Jeff RandallJeff Randall (journalist)Jeff William Randall is a journalist, who presents Jeff Randall Live, a business and politics show on Sky News...
(editor): Left in 2001 to become Business Editor of the BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and from 2005 editor-at-large of The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
. - Richard Northedge (deputy editor): A Fleet StreetFleet StreetFleet Street is a street in central London, United Kingdom, named after the River Fleet, a stream that now flows underground. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s...
and City favourite, Northedge became Executive Editor of The Business before leaving to return to The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
newspaper group where he worked as Deputy City Editor for 12 years. - Frank Kane (news editor): Left The Business to edit the business section of The ObserverThe ObserverThe Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
Newspaper. Currently working as non-executive chairman of ITP – a company which publishes Dubai editions of UK-based titles. - Damian Reece (City editor): Joined The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
as Deputy City Editor in November 2005 from The IndependentThe IndependentThe Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...
where he had been City Editor for two years. Took over as City Editor from Will Lewis when he became Editor of the Daily Telegraph in October 2006. - David CracknellDavid CracknellDavid Cracknell is a media and reputation management expert and former journalist in the United Kingdom. Formerly Political Editor of The Sunday Times, he is currently head of his own public relations firm, Big Tent Communications...
(Political Editor): Joined from The Press Association, where he was Political Correspondent. Left to join the Sunday TelegraphSunday TelegraphThe Sunday Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper, founded in February 1961. It is the sister paper of The Daily Telegraph, but is run separately with a different editorial staff, although there is some cross-usage of stories...
as Deputy Political Editor in 1999, and then became Political Editor of The Sunday TimesThe Sunday TimesThe Sunday Times is a British Sunday newspaper.The Sunday Times may also refer to:*The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times *The Sunday Times...
in 2001. He left in 2008 to got into business and set up his own media consultancy Big Tent Communications later that year. - Damien McCrystalDamien McCrystalDamien McCrystal became the first City editor of The Sun, News International’s British daily tabloid, in September 1987 after Robert Worcester, founder of Market & Opinion Research International told Rupert Murdoch, head of News International, that the wave of utility company privatisations in...
(Diarist and Restaurant Reviewer): Joined The ObserverThe ObserverThe Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
as business columnist in 2002 followed by London's Evening StandardEvening StandardThe Evening Standard, now styled the London Evening Standard, is a free local daily newspaper, published Monday–Friday in tabloid format in London. It is the dominant regional evening paper for London and the surrounding area, with coverage of national and international news and City of London...
as City Diarist. Now runs his own communications consultancy - Vivien Goldsmith (features editor): A veteran London journalist. Left in 2001 to work in Communications and PR across various companies, including Wellcome TrustWellcome TrustThe Wellcome Trust was established in 1936 as an independent charity funding research to improve human and animal health. With an endowment of around £13.9 billion, it is the United Kingdom's largest non-governmental source of funds for biomedical research...
- Martin Essex (economics editor): Joined Capital Economics as Senior International Economist in 2002 and became a Managing Editor at Dow Jones Newswires in 2006
- Richard Wachman (City editor): Joined The ObserverThe ObserverThe Observer is a British newspaper, published on Sundays. In the same place on the political spectrum as its daily sister paper The Guardian, which acquired it in 1993, it takes a liberal or social democratic line on most issues. It is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper.-Origins:The first issue,...
in 2001 - Nils Pratley (deputy City editor, 1999–2001, editor, 2001-2): Joined The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
as Associate City Editor in 2003 - Mark WattsMark Watts (journalist)Mark Watts is an author, freelance journalist and previously hosted the show "Between the Headlines" on Press TV. He is the author of The Fleet Street Sewer Rat , an investigative book which describes the scavenging techniques used by legendary bin raider Benji Pell.He went to the University of...
(chief investigative reporter): Was sacked in 2001 after protesting the break-up of the paper's investigative team. http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storyCode=20872§ioncode=1 http://www.ojr.org/ojr/workplace/1017968691.php Currently a freelance journalist and television host. - PJ Taylor (news reporter, subsequently political reporter): Went into PR - firstly at Freud Communications and now head of national news at Network Rail
- Conal Walsh (news reporter): Joined The Observer
- Ann Brady (Chief Sub): Joined The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
in 2003 - John Belknap (Creative Director): Left in 1999 to start Belknap+Co - an independent design agency specialising in newspaper and magazine design.
- Julian BovisJulian BovisJulian Bovis is a British journalist and award-winning Art Director. He was born in Banbury, United Kingdom and studied Architecture at University of Plymouth.-Magazines:...
(Art Director): Joined The Daily TelegraphThe Daily TelegraphThe Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
as Executive Design Editor (News) in 2003 - Scott Shillum (Picture Editor): Founded visual communications agency VisualMedia (http://www.vismedia.co.uk) in 2001 with brother Daniel Shillum.
- Adam Parsons (sports editor): Joined the BBC as television sports journalist.
- Mark Hawthorne (production editor Business & Pleasure, writer): Joined Conde Nast PublicationsCondé Nast PublicationsCondé Nast, a division of Advance Publications, is a magazine publisher. In the U.S., it produces 18 consumer magazines, including Architectural Digest, Bon Appétit, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and Vogue, as well as four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps...
in London. Now daily business columnist for The AgeThe AgeThe Age is a daily broadsheet newspaper, which has been published in Melbourne, Australia since 1854. Owned and published by Fairfax Media, The Age primarily serves Victoria, but is also available for purchase in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and...
newspaper in Melbourne, Australia.
Company changes
The newspaper made various moves - both in editorial style and physical location. The newspaper was originally based in Cavendish Square in Central London, while the re-launched newspaper was based in the offices of ITN News in Grays Inn Road; moving onto South Quay in London Docklands in 2000 and then finally back to the City at Waterhouse Square.By the summer of 2003, most of the re-launch team had been head-hunted by rival national newspapers from across Fleet Street, and the production of the newspaper was handed over to the Press Association
Press Association
The Press Association is the national news agency of the United Kingdom and Ireland, supplying multimedia news content to almost all national and regional newspapers, television and radio news, as well as many websites with text, pictures, video and data content globally...
. From its offices in London's Victoria, and under the editorship of Andrew Neil, it was rebranded The Business - a weekly glossy magazine - in the autumn of 2006.
That magazine disappeared in 2008 as it was merged into The Spectator
The Spectator
The Spectator is a weekly British magazine first published on 6 July 1828. It is currently owned by David and Frederick Barclay, who also owns The Daily Telegraph. Its principal subject areas are politics and culture...
and subsequently re-emerged as the monthly Spectator Business magazine.
Editors
- 1996:
- 1998: Jeff RandallJeff Randall (journalist)Jeff William Randall is a journalist, who presents Jeff Randall Live, a business and politics show on Sky News...
- 2001: Nils Pratley
- 2001: Richard Northedge and Iain Watson
- 2002: