The Daily Mail’s publisher is considering plans to relocate its printing operation from Surrey Quays in south London to a new greenfield site in Thurrock reports propertyweek.com
The plan by A&N Media, which is part of the newspaper’s owner, Daily Mail & General Trust, would involve presses being transferred to Thurrock over a period of three and a half years, at the end of which the Surrey Quays site would close.
The investment in the new plant would be £45m to £50m over four years.
A spokesman said: “We are constantly searching for ways to produce our copies more efficiently. The plan to move to Thurrock is part of this process and it is expected to deliver significant savings once implemented”.
The new plant will have the capacity to print full-colour, 128-page Daily Mails and 160-page Mail on Sundays.
The Surrey Quays plant opened in 1989. In recent years, the 11 acre site has become increasingly surrounded by mainly residential property development. A&N
Media will be marketing the site “and talking with interested parties about its future usage”.
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