About Us

Funded by our members, the ANMW is a non-profit making organisation.

The ANMW exists to represent the interests of its members on non-competitive industry issues to government, the regulatory authorities or any other external parties who have influence in our industry.

In addition, a key role is to promote Best Practice amongst wholesalers by sharing information and jointly developing initiatives where competitive advantage is not at stake.

To qualify to apply as a Member of the Association a person, firm or company must be:

  1. located in any part of the United Kingdom (including the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and the Republic of Ireland) and is carrying on or engaged in the wholesale distribution of national newspapers and/or magazines, and for such purposes has a distribution contract with the publishers of at least one national newspaper or with at least one of the three Major Magazine Distributors (being Comag, Frontline and Marketforce) and
  2. is not either on his or its own account or through any other person firm or company directly or indirectly engaged in any trade or business nor has any other interests which do or may conflict with any of the Objects of the Association, such as publishing and/or retailing.

Management Committee

The Management Committee governs the ANMW and comprises

  • Simon Gage - Smiths News, Sales Director
  • Grant Jordan - Menzies Distribution, General Manager Newstrade
  • Philip Williams - Smiths News, Secretary
  • Iain McDowall - Menzies Distribution, Development Manager

Trustees

The Trustees of the ANMW are

  • Mark Cashmore - Smiths News, Group Chief Executive
  • Greg Michael - Menzies Distribution, Managing Director

History

The ANMW was formed in 1904 when three wholesalers in the Lancashire area joined forces to form a wholesale newstrade association. This quickly grew to include wholesalers in Yorkshire, Leeds and Sheffield. In 1908 the group became known as The Provincial Newspaper Wholesaler Association (PNWA), the first recognised body in England and Wales to work together on matters concerning the wholesale newstrade.

Over a century later, the ANMW has grown to represent the newspaper and magazine wholesale newstrade throughout the United Kingdom.