With around 45% market share, Menzies Distribution is the second largest distributor of newspapers, magazines and periodicals in the UK, with operations in Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and now in the Republic of Ireland.

Our operation engages 4,000 employees at 23 hub and 19 spoke branches across the UK, delivering 4.8 million newspapers and 2.6 million magazines daily to more than 25,000 retail customers nationwide.

Smiths News distributes newspapers and magazines on behalf of all the major national publishers as well as a large number of regional publishers. The business serves approximately 30,000 customers across England and Wales, supplying large general retailers as well as smaller independent newsagents. Smiths News has an approximate 55% share of the newspaper and magazine wholesaling market in the UK with 28 Newspaper/Magazine Houses and 32 Newspaper only Houses.

The National Title File is designed to provide information on the magazine titles handled by the UK newstrade. This includes details of the title, issue, price, barcode, on and off sale dates and market segmentation.

The National Distribution Monitor, which was introduced in May 2000 as part of the Focus On Distribution Initiative (FODI), provides constantly updated information on national newspaper distribution throughout the UK.

The Joint Industry Group comprises the Association of Newspaper and Magazine Wholesalers (ANMW), the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA), the Periodical Publishers Association (PPA), the Association of News Retailing (ANR), the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and the National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN).

ISSA is an all-industry agreement that establishes a minimum set of service standards for individual wholesalers to provide to individual retailers of newspapers and magazines.

The core purpose of ACS is to help local convenience stores develop their businesses. The organisation also has a dedicated News arm, the Association of News Retailing (ANR), focused exclusively on the news industry.

The British Retail Consortium is the lead trade association representing the whole range of retailers, from the large multiples and department stores through to independents, selling a wide selection of products through centre of town, out of town, rural and virtual stores.

The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) has over 18,000 independent news and convenience retailers in membership throughout England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

The Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) is the trade association for British national newspapers and its role is to represent, protect and promote the national newspaper industry. It was founded in 1906 and its current members comprise Associated Newspapers, Financial Times, Guardian Newspapers, Independent Newspapers (UK), Trinity Mirror national titles, News International and Telegraph Group.

The Periodical Publishers Association (PPA) is the trade association for UK magazine and business and professional media publishers. PPA represents 300 publisher members, publishing 3,000 magazine titles, as well as exhibitions, directories and interactive products.