John Barn Appointed Vice Chairman of ANR
24 Apr 2007
The Association of News Retailing (ANR), the news group of the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS), has appointed John Barn of the Co-operative Group to the position of Vice Chairman.
John has extensive experience in the news industry, including nineteen years at Martin McColl in various operations and buying roles, eighteen months at Balfour as News Buyer before moving to the Co-operative Group three years ago.
John heads up the team that manages News and Mags on behalf of all Co-op Societies. The Co-op is now the third largest news retailer in the UK.
Says John Lennon, Managing Director of ANR, “John brings considerable expertise to ANR and we are delighted that he has accepted this position on our board. It comes at a pivotal time for the ANR, which is at the heart of industry talks seeking a fairer deal for news retailers, who have seen their margin decline and their carriage charges increase over recent years. John will also play an important part in building our best practice work to drive standards in news and magazine retailing.”
The ANR board includes Managing Director John Lennon, director Mike Greene, and Chairman Russ Simper James Lowman, CEO of ACS, is Company Secretary
Contacts
Rachel Lawson – Communications Co-ordinator, ACS.
01252 515001
Michael Saxton / Julie Kirby – Grappa
020 7602 9222
John Lennon
Managing Director, ANR. 07812 144 439
Notes to Editors
1) ANR is the news group of ACS, was set up in 2001 to represent the interests of ACS members who sell newspapers and magazines.
John has extensive experience in the news industry, including nineteen years at Martin McColl in various operations and buying roles, eighteen months at Balfour as News Buyer before moving to the Co-operative Group three years ago.
John heads up the team that manages News and Mags on behalf of all Co-op Societies. The Co-op is now the third largest news retailer in the UK.
Says John Lennon, Managing Director of ANR, “John brings considerable expertise to ANR and we are delighted that he has accepted this position on our board. It comes at a pivotal time for the ANR, which is at the heart of industry talks seeking a fairer deal for news retailers, who have seen their margin decline and their carriage charges increase over recent years. John will also play an important part in building our best practice work to drive standards in news and magazine retailing.”
The ANR board includes Managing Director John Lennon, director Mike Greene, and Chairman Russ Simper James Lowman, CEO of ACS, is Company Secretary
Contacts
Rachel Lawson – Communications Co-ordinator, ACS.
01252 515001
Michael Saxton / Julie Kirby – Grappa
020 7602 9222
John Lennon
Managing Director, ANR. 07812 144 439
Notes to Editors
1) ANR is the news group of ACS, was set up in 2001 to represent the interests of ACS members who sell newspapers and magazines.