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Why Choose Local Authority Publishing?
Why Publish an Official Guide?
Why Publish an Official Street Plan?
Why Publish a Business Directory?
Typical Distribution Policy
Why Choose Local Authority Publishing?
- All publications provided free of charge
- Internet versions also provided free
- Guarantee to publish regardless of advertising revenue
- Quality and quantity never reduced
- Publishing exclusively for Local Authorities
- Complete editorial freedom
- Flexible colour advertising rates tailored to your area
- Personal service by the owners of the business
- Licensed Partner of Ordnance Survey; all royalties paid
- Digital cartography
- Latest pre-press technology for maximum quality control
- Finest print quality
- Over 75 years experience
- Invested in the long term in freehold offices
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Why Publish an Official Guide?
- Free prestigious marketing and communications tool
- International, national and local promotion of the area
- Promotes inward investment and economic development
- Promotes the location and public transport links
- Support for exhibitions and overseas missions
- Encourages international links
- Civic Gifts
- Assistance to relocating families and businesses
- Informative recruitment aid
- Essential source of community information
- Introduces the area's cultural and leisure activities
- Illustrates the benefits of living and working in the
area
- Quality colour advertising demonstrates the range of local
goods and services
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Why Publish an Official Street Plan?
- Free Prestigious Publication
- Significant revenue potential from sale of maps
- Provision of comprehensive street plans for residents
and the business community
- Promotes the location and public transport links
- Assistance to relocating families and businesses
- Important source of community information
- Essential information to visitors
- Vital information for emergency services, council departments,
taxi and public transport providers
- Quality colour advertising demonstrates the range of local
goods and services
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Why Publish a Business Directory?
- Free prestigious marketing and communications tool
- Promotes inward investment and economic development
- Promotes business partnerships and local business-to-business
trading
- Comprehensive database of local businesses
- Significant revenue potential from marketing the database
- Internet version to promote local businesses worldwide
- Promotes business support and training opportunities
- Support for trade shows, exhibitions and overseas missions
- Provides an essential economic profile, with trends and
future plans
- Income generating opportunity from the sale of hyperlinks
- Database management service available
- Promotes the location and transport infrastructure
- Essential source of information for local and relocating
businesses
- Quality colour advertising demonstrates the range of local
goods and services
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Typical Distribution Policy
| Businesses* |
- All advertisers (by LAP)
- Enterprise Agencies
- Small Firm Service Providers
- All major businesses in the area
- Business Link
- Registered Hotels and Bed & Breakfast
- Newspaper Offices
- Fully Serviced Business Centres
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- Chambers of Commerce & Industry
- Federation of Small Businesses
- CBI
- Shopping Centres
- Estate Agencies & Housing Developments
- Conference Centres
- Tourist Attractions
- Industrial Estate and Business Park offices
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| Council* |
- Members & Senior Officers
- Economic Development Unit
- Building Control
- Leisure Centres
- Satellite Service Points
- Personnel Department
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- Reception Areas
- Planning
- Housing Management Offices
- Museums
- Community Centres
- Regeneration Partners
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| Official or Semi-Official Bodies* |
- County Council
- Parish & Town Councils
- Educational Establishments
- Police Headquarters
- Church Authorities
- Local Dignitaries
- Rural Development/Community Organisations
- Town Centre Management Offices
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- Neighbouring Borough and District Councils
- Health Organisations
- Local Member(s) of Parliament
- Fire Service
- Libraries
- Housing Associations
- Tourist Offices
- Prince's Youth Trust
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| National |
- House of Commons Library
- Department of the Environment
- National Trust Offices
- Inward Investment Enquirers
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- Department of Trade & Industry
- National Reference Libraries
- Foreign Embassies in London
- Relocating members of the public
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| International |
- Member of European Parliment
- Overseas Inward Investment Enquirers
- Twin Towns
- Trade Missions
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- European Commission Library
- British Embassies overseas
- European Chambers Of Commerce
- Overseas Visitors
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* A Selection of these is normally used for distribution of copies
to members of the public
** Business directories only: A copy to each of the directory entrants
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