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News Associates/Sportsbeat
Tuition House
St George's Road
London
SW19 4EU

News Associates/Sportsbeat
111 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2HY

Telephone: + 44 (0) 870 445 0156
Fax: + 44 (0) 870 445 0157

General Emails
All staff emails are the initial of the individuals first name followed by their family name followed by @newsassociates.co.uk or @sportsbeat.co.uk.  ie Jane Smith would be Jsmith@newsassociates.co.uk or Jsmith@sportsbeat.co.uk

Editorial Executives

James Toney, Managing Editor
James Toney has responsibility for news output and also serves as our award-winning chief writer. Highly commended for his journalism by Sport England and Press Gazette.
Jtoney@sportsbeat.co.uk

David Parsons, Executive Editor
David Parsons has responsibility for news output. He manages the newsdesk team and is the primary contact for all editorial clients.
Dparsons@sportsbeat.co.uk

Craig Chisnall, Senior News Editor
Craig Chisnall manages Sportsbeat's newsdesk and runs our football correspondent network. He is the primary contact for all freelance staff.
Cchisnall@sportsbeat.co.uk

Stephen Bond, News Editor (Special projects)
Sbond@sportsbeat.co.uk

Donna Lincoln, Editors' Secretary
Dlincoln@sportsbeat.co.uk

Journalism Training

Richard Parsons, Course Director
Richard Parsons is a former Editor-in-Chief at Trinity Mirror newspapers. He is responsible for the delivery and development of all editorial training courses.
Rparsons@newsassociates.co.uk

Andrew Moorhouse, Head of Journalism Training (London)
Amoorhouse@newsassociates.co.uk

Ian Gilbert, Head of Journalism Training (Manchester)
Igilbert@newsassociates.co.uk

For general information on training, such as a full-time and short courses brochure and price guide, email Training@newsassociates.co.uk

Commercial and Sales

James Parsons, Commercial Director
Jparsons@sportsbeat.co.uk

Ben Wilson, Commercial Executive
Bwilson@sportsbeat.co.uk

For news tips, filing copy and press releases

Editorial@sportsbeat.co.uk
Journalists filing copy via email should attach their work saved as a text or txt. file AND paste the copy into the message body. Paragraphs should NOT be indented or double-spaced. Please DO NOT send word documents.
ALWAYS call our news desk on 0870 474 0156 to make sure ORDERED copy has arrived.

If you have a general inquiry about News Associates/Sportsbeat or would like a copy of our latest brochure of editorial services please email Info@sportsbeat.co.uk

Directions

LONDON

By Train/Tube: We are within a short walking distance of Wimbledon train station (British Rail and District Line tube). Regular services run from Waterloo and Victoria. Regular tram services provide a fast and efficient link to Croydon.
By road: There is meter, on-street and multi-storey parking within walking distance of our office. Our office is just two miles from the A3, providing dual carriageway access to the M25 and national motorway network.
By Air: London Heathrow and London Gatwick are both within easy travelling distance by road and rail.

MANCHESTER

By train: We are 200 metres from Piccadilly BR station, which has swift links to the North-West, Midlands and South (London Euston is 2hrs 15 mins).
By bus: Piccadilly bus station, serving Manchester suburbs, is 300 metres away.
By tram: The stop at Piccadilly BR station serves the Eccles, Altrincham and Bury lines.
By road: The M60 ring road connects to the M56 (M6) and M62. The main arterial roads heading into the city are the A5103 (Princess Road), A34 (Kingsway) and A62 (Oldham Road). From the Piccadilly Basin car park is off Dale Street, behind the office, and there is limited meter parking adjacent to the office in Lena Street.
By air: Manchester Airport, south of the city, is 20 minutes by train from Piccadilly.

Press Complaints Commission
The Press Complaints Commission is an independent body which deals with complaints from members of the public about the editorial content of newspapers and magazines.
The service to the public is free and aims to be quick and easy. The PCC aims to deal with most complaints in just 35 working days and there is no cost to the people complaining.
The PCC completed the investigation of 3,325 complaints in 2006 - of which approximately two out of three were about accuracy in reporting. Nearly one in five related to intrusion into privacy of some sort. All complaints are investigated under the editors' Code of Practice, which binds all national and regional newspapers and magazines. The Code - drawn up by editors themselves - covers the way in which news is gathered and reported. It also provides special protection to particularly vulnerable groups of people such as children, hospital patients and those at risk of discrimination.
The PCC's main aim with any complaint which raises a possible breach of the Code of Practice is always to resolve it as quickly as possible. Because of its success in this, the Commission had to adjudicate on only 31 complaints in 2006. All those which were critical of a newspaper were published in full and with due prominence by the publication concerned.
As well as dealing with complaints, the PCC deals with a substantial number of calls from members of the public about its service and about its Code. Last year it dealt with approximately 8,550 enquiries by telephone, fax and email.
www.pcc.org.uk