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A REPUTATION FOR EXCELLENCE
A History of the Aberdeen and Northern Counties Printing
Industry
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Northern Counties - Inverness
The Highland Printing
and Publishing Group Ltd
Roy (later Lord) Thomson, who was already owner of The Scotsman,
emerged on the northern print-ing scene with the acquisition of
The Aberdeen Press and Journal in 1951. When offered the Highland
News Group in 1957, he quickly accepted and in the following year
The Northern Chronicle, Inverness, founded in 1881, was also bought.
The year 1959 was an important one for the Group. A new company
called Highland Printers Ltd was formed and moved to spacious premises
in Diriebught Road, severing a connection with Hamilton Street lasting
more than sixty years. The newspapers published were The Highland
News and The Football Times, Inverness; The Northern Chronicle,
Inverness; The Northern Star, Dingwall; The Caithness Courier, Thurso;
and The Forres News, Forres. In 1960 The John O’Groat Journal
was added to the list.
The 1960s were difficult years for local newspapers and perhaps
it was not surprising that several ceased publication. The first
to go was The Northern Chronicle and a year later, in 1970, it was
followed by The Forres News. Next to close down was the once circulation
pot-boiler, The Football Times.
In January 1983 Highland Printers Ltd was pur-chased from Thomson
Regional Newspapers by Peter Fowler, chairman of Peter Press, Wallingford,
and the Stephen Austin Group, Hertford. On 1 July 1983, Highland
Printers Ltd was merged with John G. Eccles to form the Highland
Printing and Publishing Group.
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Volume 3 published 1996
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