Publishing

The publishing industry is made up of different groups, these are:

·         Books

·         Directories

·         Mailing Lists

·         Journals

·         Magazines

·         Business Media

·         Newspapers

·         News Agencies

The Publishing industry produces a turnover of £10.1 billion in the region; this is with the gross value added. Publishing is one of the largest earners and exporters in the UK. It consists of a group of small companies, 88% of them have less than ten employees and 3% have more than 200 employees which only half are working on payrolls. The main are of employment for this industry is around the area of London.

There are many companies working in the Publishing industry, some of the best rated ones are:

·         Random House

·         John Wiley

·         Oxford University

·         Press and Penguin

Employees at the best rated publishing companies like working there because of the strong industry brands, good communication skills between layers of leadership and departments.

The Bauer Media Group is a large international media conglomerate. It is a German publishing company based in Hamburg, this company operates in 15 countries worldwide, some of such are:

-          Germany             -   Romania                          -   Portugal

-          USA                       -   Hungary                          -   Slovakia

-          Spain                     -   Czech Republic             -   United Kingdom

-          France                  -   Mexico                            -   Nigeria

-          Austria                  -   China

-          Poland                  -   Russia

                               
There is around 200,000 people that are working within the publishing sector.