The Publishing Division is responsible for the Group's newspaper publishing
and associated activities in Cumbria, Northumberland, northern Lancashire and Scotland.
The main publishing centres are based at Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness and
Hexham, with other offices in the principal towns of the region.

The Divison publishes two daily evening newspapers, five paid-for weeklies,
and a range of free newspapers, directories, magazines and niche
publications. It also has a thriving new media business, and each of
the papers has their own website.

The Group ranks twelfth in the regional league table of newspaper
publishing houses in the UK.