Weekend City Press Review is a UK publishing company which provides a summary of all the weekend's financial and business news by using 13 UK newspapers as well as summarising every company tipped in both the newspapers and the

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. It was created in 1991 and has attracted a range of

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, from city institutions and

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listed

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, to educational establishments and private investors. Subscribers benefit from comprehensive coverage of major company and business stories without having to read the entire story. Weekend City Press Review is noted as "an excellent comprehensive roundup of the weekend's press" in Dominic Connolly's book ''The UK Trader's Bible''. It is believed that Weekend City Press Review was the first UK publisher of business news online—its first article appearing in 1995.

History

The company was founded by Gareth Robertson in 1991, though he had been using the concept some time before that, it was set up in the hope to give analyst sales leads out of the weekends press. This expanded to what it is today, covering summaries and briefs from the 13 leading weekend papers, covering a profile from each of the papers, tips and hints on

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and businesses as well as providing a viewpoint from the editor.

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use the Weekend City Press Review to provide content to their popular UK money pages on their website, and the ''

'' use a short extract of the review to produce on their homepage every Monday.

Charitable work

In 2009 the company became involved in The Lord Mayor's Appeal where it is donating a share of its profits to the organisation. The appeal is supporting charities such as

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and

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. For 2010 the charity supported is The Connection who work with the homeless.

Readership

The service is popular in the city, with prominent users such as

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, and J.P. Morgan Cazenove. Also popular with investors and stockbrokers, it is further being used by schools and universities.

Information covered

The weekly electronic news letter covers 13 of the leading UK weekend newspapers. The newspapers covered are ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Express on Saturday'', ''The Express on Sunday'', ''

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'', and the ''

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''. It also covers the weekly magazine the ''Investors Chronicle'' which it uses for the business tips section.

Ownership

In 2011 the company was taken over by James Barrett-Bunnage who acquired the business from Paul Pemberton and he from the IPGL, which is controlled by ICAP Chairman

Michael Spencer Michael Alan Spencer, Baron Spencer of Alresford (born 30 May 1955), sometimes known as "Spence", is a British billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He is the founder of NEX Group, a UK-based business focused on electronic markets and pos ...

, in April 2009.

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