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Jobs go as City Life closes
From the archive, first published Thursday 1st Dec 2005.
FORTY-eight jobs are to go at Guardian Media Group Regional Newspapers as part of a structural review of the company.
The company is to close its entertainment and listing magazine, City Life, which will result in 13 journalist and design roles being made redundant, plus one non-editorial role.
Away from City Life, 34 non-editorial posts will be cut from marketing, advertising, facilities management and the group's digital business.
GMG Regional Newspapers chief executive Mark Dodson said City Life would publish for the last time on December 7. Staff affected are expected to leave the company by the end of the year.
He said: "We are trading in a difficult market. The company needs to react to the changed circumstances and, regrettably, a number of positions will be lost.
"The job losses will come primarily from the Manchester business located at Deansgate and will include the closure of City Life Magazine.
"We have struggled to publish this magazine at a profit for 15 years. Given the downturn in the market, we do not believe we can produce the title profitably in the future."
The magazine started as a workers' co-operative in 1983. It was bought by Guardian Media in 1989.
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