The owners of the Times, Sun, Daily Mail and i newspapers are to combine their printing operations amid declining daily sales in a cost-cutting move that could affect hundreds of jobs.
The move by Rupert Murdoch’s News UK and Lord Rothermere’s Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT), which will potentially lead to the closure of printing sites at Thurrock in Essex and Dinnington near Sheffield, will result in all national newspaper printing being handled by only two conglomerates.
