Smiths News PLC (LSE:SNWS) Share Price

Company Profile

Business description
Smiths News PLC is a UK wholesaler of newspapers and magazines, providing nationwide early-morning distribution and logistics services. The company supplies newspapers, magazines, and related products to a wide network of retail outlets, supported by integrated services such as warehousing, pick-and-pack, returns collection, recycling, invoicing, and market insight. Operating through a hub-and-spoke distribution network across England and Wales, Smiths News delivers seven days a week, reaching locations from urban centres to remote rural communities, and also offers recycling and waste management solutions through its dedicated recycling operations.
Contact
Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North
Kembrey Park
SwindonWiltshireSN2 8UH
GBR
T: +44 8451288888
E: [email protected]
https://www.smithsnews.co.uk
Sector
Communication Services
Stock type
Sensitive
Industry
Publishing
Fiscal Year End
31 August 2027
Employees
1,357

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