Sunday Independent (England)

The Sunday Independent is a newspaper formerly based in Plymouth, then in Liskeard, and currently based in Truro Cornwall, published on Sundays throughout South West England.[1] The paper was founded in 1808 and had a circulation of 7,261 in 2003 (last registered figures with the Audit Bureau of Circulations).[2]

Ownership of the paper changed from Newsquest to Tindle Newspaper Group in 2004.[3] In 2014, Tindle Newspapers sold a majority stake of the ownership to retiring Tindle managing director Brian Doel.[4]

On 5 April 2017, it was announced that the paper was to cease publication after 209 years.[5]

Thirteen days later, it was announced that businessman Peter Masters, owner of Truro City F.C., had purchased the Sunday Independent. Its first edition under the new ownership was run on Sunday 23 April 2017, at the increased price of £1.20.[6]

In January 2018, Peter Masters then sold the Sunday Independent Limited company to Plymouth born newspaper executive Duncan Williams for just £1. The transaction has since come under intense scrutiny from ex-employees of the Sunday Independent Limited,[7] who say that TUPE laws were breached in the process.

Following a lengthy employment tribunal case, involving 29 ex-staff, and applications to the High Court to appeal the TUPE transfer liability being shouldered personally by Directors of the Sunday Independent Limited, the Sunday Independent newspaper has since dropped the pre-fix Sunday and now presents itself as two rebranded editions called South West Independent and Cornwall Independent with the cover price increased again to £2.00 per copy.

References
  1. British Papers
  2. Audit Bureau of Circulations
  3. HoldtheFrontPage
  4. "Tindle MD Brian Doel retires and takes majority stake in Sunday Independent". PressGazette. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  5. "Cornwall's Sunday Independent closes after 200 years in print with 20 journalism jobs to go". PressGazette. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  6. "Cornwall's Sunday Independent newspaper saved from closure". BBC News. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
  7. Twitter, Charlotte Tobitt (2019-07-15). "Businessman facing bankruptcy over money owed to staff on local paper series". Press Gazette. Retrieved 2019-09-12.


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