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Smiths News SNWS.L · GBp

Consumer Discretionary · LSE · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

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About Smiths News

Its shares trade on LSE under the ticker SNWS.L. It has been listed since 30 August 2006. In the fiscal year to 31 August 2025, it reported revenue of £1.06bn and net income of £28.3m. At that date it held total assets of £174.0m and shareholders' equity of £9.5m.

Smiths News Plc engages in the wholesale of newspapers and magazines. The company is headquartered in Swindon, Wiltshire. The company went IPO on 2006-08-30. The firm operates through its Smiths News segment. The Smiths News segment include Smiths News Core, Dawson Media Direct (DMD), Instore, Martin Lave and Rascal Systems. Smiths News Core is a distributor of newspapers and magazines to retailers across England and Wales. DMD supplies newspapers, magazines and inflight entertainment to airlines and travel points in the United Kingdom. InStore works with retailers, suppliers and publishers providing field-based merchandising and marketing, supply chain auditing and compliance solutions. Martin Lavell is a corporate news distributor, supplying newspapers and magazines to corporate and public sector customers. Rascal Systems works with retailers to simplify product management.

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Company facts

Sector
Consumer Discretionary
Industry
Distributors
Listed since
30 Aug 2006
Employees
4,694

Leadership

Pay as last reported

  • Mr. David BlackwoodNon-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board£150,200
  • Mr. Jonathan BuntingChief Executive Officer, Executive Director, since 2006£1.5m
  • Mr. Paul BakerChief Financial Officer, Executive Director, since 2021£996,000
  • Mr. Stuart MarrinerGeneral Counsel, Company Secretary
  • Mr. Michael HoltNon-Executive Independent Director£56,100
  • Ms. Manju MalhotraNon-Executive Independent Director
  • Ms. Deborah RabeyNon-Executive Independent Director£51,100
  • Mr. Mark WhitelingSenior Non-Executive Independent Director£67,400

Environmental, social and governance

Scores out of 100, from our data supplier

ESG
Overall
73
Environment
68
Social
69
Governance
80
Direct emissions (scope 1)
1,359 t
Energy emissions (scope 2)
813 t
Value chain emissions (scope 3)
9,084.7 t
Women in the workforce
40.06%
Carbon reduction policy
Yes
Human rights policy
Yes

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