Reach PLC

Reach PLC

Reach Solutions Ireland is the owner of the Irish Daily Star and the Irish Daily Mirror, as well as their corresponding websites. It is a subsidiary of the publicly traded British company Reach PLC.

Reach PLC’s operation began with the Liverpool Daily Post which was founded in 1855 by Michael James Whitty. In 1879, a sister publication to the post titled The Liverpool Echo was launched, and Liverpool Daily Post & Echo Ltd. was established to manage the publications. Over the years the company expanded, incorporating many regional papers into their portfolio, including the Liverpool Daily Post’s main competitor The Liverpool Mercury, with whom they merged in 1904. These mergers and acquisitions continued throughout the 20th century.

In 1985 the company expanded internationally and rebranded to Trinity International Holdings Ltd, and in 1999, merged with Mirror Group Newspapers, publishers of the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror, to become Trinity Mirror, the UK’s largest publisher of newspapers.

Subsequent mergers included Scottish Media Group in 2005, Northcliffe Media in 2010, Local World Holdings in 2015, and Northern and Shell in 2018, owners of Express Newspapers (the Daily Express, The Sunday Express, The Daily Star, OK!).

In 2018, following these acquisitions, the company rebranded to Reach PLC, to reflect their expanded portfolio and their decision to put a greater emphasis on digital content.

 

As a publicly traded company Reach PLC does not have any direct owners. It is managed by a board comprising a Chairman, two executive directors and five independent non-executive directors.

 

Key facts

Business Form

Private

Legal Form

Public Limited Company

Business Sectors

Media; Recruitment; Consulting; Company Information Services

Ownership

Individual Owner

Media Outlets
Other Media Outlets

Other Print Outlets

National newspapers

Daily Express / Sunday Express

Other Online Outlets

Aberdeen Live

Facts

Media Business

Printing Division

Reach Printing Services

Media Sales

Amra Ltd.

Digital Advertising

Memory Lane

Printing and Licensing

Mirrorpix

Business

Traffic and Travel

InYourArea

Company Information Services

Fish4 Trading

Recruitment

Fish 4 Jobs
Recruitment

The Hot Group

Consulting

Northpoint Consulting

General Information

Founding Year

1855

Affiliated Interests Founder

Michael James Whitty

Was a former Chief Constable for Liverpool, who had campaigned for the abolition of the Stamp Act under which newspapers were taxed. When the abolition took place, Whitty began publishing the Daily Post at one penny per copy, undercutting the incumbent best-selling Liverpudlian newspaper, the Liverpool Mercury.

Employees

4658 (2022)

Contact

Reach PLC

One Canada Square

Canary Wharf

London

E14 5AP

Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7293 3000

Website: www.reachplc.com

 

Reach Solutions

Independent House

27-32 Talbot Street

Dublin 1

D01 X2E1

Website: www.reachsolutionsireland.com

Tax/ ID Number

UK Companies House Number: 8254

Financial Information

Revenue (Financial Data/ Optional)

€695,657,422 ($733,700,783) (2022)

Operating Profit (in Mill. $)

€82499793 ($86,985,144) (2022)

Advertising (in % of total funding)

Missing Data

Management

Executive Board

The Reach PLC board comprises the Chairman, two executive directors and five independent non-executive directors.

Non-Executive Board

Denise Jagger

is a qualified solicitor, a partner at Addleshaw Goddard and, and a former partner at Eversheds Sutherlands LLP. Other prior positions include Non-Executive Director at Bellway plc, Redrow plc, SCS Upholstery plc, the British Olympic Association and Scarborough Building Society. She was also a Director of Asda Stores, and Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of Asda Walmart. Outside of her work on the Reach PLC Board, she is currently a Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of CLS Holdings Plc, Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Remuneration Committee of Pool Reinsurance Company Ltd, a Trustee of the National Trust, and Chair and Pro Chancellor of the University of York.

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