Business
Board Change
Board Change.
About this update from Smiths News Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 4113Y Connect Group PLC 03 March 2017 \n\nConnect Group PLC\n(\"Connect Group\" or \"the Company\")\n \nBoard Change\n \nConnect Group, a leading specialist distributor operating in four divisions; News & Media, Books, Education & Care and Parcel Freight, announces that Colin Child has indicated to the Board that he will be resigning as a non-executive director with effect from 21 March 2017. As a result, the Company has started a process to identify and appoint a non-executive director as successor to Colin who will also become Chairman of the Audit Committee and a further announcement will be made when appropriate.\n \nGary Kennedy, Chairman of Connect Group, commented:\n \n\"I would like to thank Colin for his contribution on the Board and his chairmanship of the Audit Committee, and wish him well for the future.\"\n \nColin Child said:\n \n\"I have really enjoyed my time on the Connect Board and I wish the team every success with the Group's ongoing development.\"\n \n \nEnquiries:\n\n\n\n\nConnect Group PLC\nGary Kennedy, Chairman\nwww.connectgroupplc.com\n \n\n\n \nc/o 020 7466 5000\n \n\n\n\n\nBuchanan\nRichard Oldworth / Jamie Hooper\[email protected]\nwww.buchanan.uk.com\n\n\n \nTel: 020 7466 5000\n\n\n\n\n \n \nAbout Connect Group\n \nConnect Group PLC is a leading specialist distributor operating in large and diverse markets. The Group has four separate divisions, connecting suppliers to customers in an efficient, knowledgeable and service oriented way:\n· Connect News & Media - Encompassing: Smiths News, Dawson Media Direct and Pass My Parcel. Smiths News is the UK's largest newspaper and magazine wholesaling business with an approximate 55 per cent. market share. It distributes newspapers and magazines on behalf of the majority of the major national publishers as well as a large number of regional publishers serving approximately 30,000 customers across England and Wales on a daily basis, including large general retailers as well as smaller independent newsagents with approximately 40 million newspapers supplied weekly; Dawson Media Direct is an international media direct business supplying newspapers, magazines and inflight entertainment technology and content to over 80 airl...