''Sunday Business'' was a national Sunday
broadsheet
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financial
newspaper
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published in the United Kingdom, which ran from 1996 to 2006, when it was turned into a magazine called ''
The Business''.
History
The newspaper was founded by
Tom Rubython in order to provide a Sunday alternative to the ''
Financial Times
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'', achieving sales of around 150,000 on launch, falling to fewer than 20,000 within months. In 1997 the title was bought by the Barclay Brothers,
David and Frederick Barclay
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, who at the time owned ''
The European'' newspaper and subsequently, ''
The Daily Telegraph
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It was fo ...
'' and ''
The Scotsman
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''.
It was re-launched on 15 February 1998 with an exclusive interview with
Gordon Brown
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, who promised a budget tailored towards the business community. ''The Sunday Business'' became a critical success and within its first two years of production had won numerous industry awards, including Newspaper of The Year (1999) and Newspaper Design of the Year (1998, 2000).
The newspaper became known as a launchpad for the successful careers of the small team put together by editor
Jeff Randall in the winter of 1997/8.
The newspaper made various moves, both in editorial style and physical location. The newspaper was originally based in Cavendish Square in Central London, while the re-launched newspaper was based in the offices of
ITN News
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in
Gray's Inn Road
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, moving on to South Quay in London Docklands in 2000 and then finally back to the City at
Waterhouse Square.
By the summer of 2003, most of the re-launch team had been head-hunted by rival national newspapers, and production of the newspaper was handed over to the
Press Association
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. From its offices in London's Victoria, and under the editorship of
Andrew Neil
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, it was rebranded ''
The Business'' – a weekly glossy magazine – in the autumn of 2006.
That magazine disappeared in 2008 as it was merged into ''
The Spectator
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It is owned by Frederick Barclay, who also owns ''The ...
'' and subsequently re-emerged as the monthly ''Spectator Business'' magazine.
Key people
Personnel at the relaunched title included:
*
Andrew Neil
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(publisher): Became presenter of the
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'' in 2003. In November 2004 became Chief Executive of ''
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