JULY 2010

It has been some time since we added news to this page. So here is a brief update. Despite the recession we are continuing to do what we do best, offering great service and value for money and want to thank our ever loyal readers, subscribers and customers for their highly valued and welcome support.

THE WEBSITE: The Great Northern Publishing website bookshops have now adopted a shopping cart style - with payments being processed via the PayPal secure transaction system. Customers can purchase books, subscriptions and back issues etc using any credit or debit card, or by using a PayPal account. Since introducing the system sales have increased, especially overseas and in the USA where customers are used to and trust the PayPal interface.

THE GREAT WAR: September 2010 sees the start of the tenth year of publication of our flagship magazine 'The Great War' - to mark this event all the covers for the coming year will be printed in colour for the first time (the magazine will go back to the familiar black and red covers for year eleven). In light of the current economic climate and hard times for many of our customers we have again chosen not to increase our prices but to maintain them for yet another year.

MAGAZINES: Both the Green Howard Magazine and the BAFM Journal continue to win praise and applause for their content and high production values for which we are very proud.

JADE: Despite having moved from a printed format to a high resolution PDF download, JADE magazine has done far better than expected and is thriving in its new full colour format (now in its third year - our ninth year of publication in total).

APRIL 2009

Great Northern Publishing's revamped website is launched. After almost twelve years the old site was beginning to look its age. The site has now been broken down into specific areas, all accessed from the home page. Hopefully visitors will find it easier to go directly to the area they want to see. We have also revamped our own magazine sections and our on-line bookshops.

6th APRIL 2009

Today saw the launch at a special evening event at the Green Howards Regimental Museum in Richmond of the new book by Richard Leake - 'A Breed Apart' - published by Great Northern Publishing. The book details the war service of two of the Regiment's VC winners and is available from the museum.

SUMMER 2008

As Major Roger Chapman, the editor of the Green Howard magazine, stepped down after 10 years at the helm, he broke with tradition and presented Mark Marsay of Great Northern Publishing with a specially drawn caricature of him and his dog Eddie in recognition of the help and assistance he has received over the years.

APRIL 2008

After six years as a printed hard copy magazine, JADE has moved to a monthly, full colour, high resolution download format. Although many people, including the editor, lamented the end of an era, we all look forward to the beginning of a new chapter in the life of the magazine as it expands and offers new articles and features to its readers.

SEPTEMBER 2006

Great Northern Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of the first issue in September 2006 of the new magazine for The Green Howards. Following amalgamation of the Regiment in the summer of this year after 318 years of service, it was decided to combine the Friends of the Museum Newsletter and the Green Howards Gazette and to create a new publication, aptly titled 'The Green Howard'. The 40 page magazine not only features all the Friends and Museum news, but news on the Regiment and detachments, Association and Cadets.

SEPTEMBER 2006

Great Northern Publishing has just published a new full colour magazine for the British Association of Friends of Museums. The magazine, produced three times a year for members, has been moved from a two colour publication to full colour throughout on gloss art paper. This sees the final step in overall improvement and upgrading of the BAFM newsletter which Great Northern Publishing has been publishing for the last decade - in that time the newsletter has expanded in page numbers and increased in quality year on year.

SEPTEMBER 2006

Great Northern Publishing, working in association with the Green Howards Regimental Museum, has published a 392-page, large format, hardback collector's edition book featuring photographs of the Green Howards from the Crimean War to Amalgamation in 2006. The book was launched on 20th September 2006 - Alma Day. The work took almost a year and over 1,000 photos were selected from the museum archive of over 7,000. Printed on gloss art paper with a black and gold gloss cover, the book is a wonderful tribute to the finest infantry regiment in the British Army.

SEPTEMBER 2006

The Second World War launched in October 2005 and has been very well received. It is to enter its second year of production in October 2006 by moving up from 68 to 76 pages in line with The Great War magazine. The magazine tells the stories of those who served or lived through the 1939-1945 conflict in the form of personal accounts, diaries, letters, postcards, photos and other memorabilia.

JANUARY 2005

We are pleased to announce that following the success of JADE magazine and its mature and sensitive approach to publishing erotica, The Guild of Erotic Artists, whose headquarters are situated in the magnificent Beaumont Hall Studios in the heart of the Hertfordshire countryside, not only named JADE their official magazine but have asked us to take over the design and maintenance of their website too. The new site went live at the start of January and has been widely praised for its simplicity, ease of navigation and swift response time. The Guild represents some of the UK's best artists, sculptors and photographers and has members around the world.

AUGUST 2005

We are delighted to announce that we have won, for the third time, the prestigious 'Best Newsletter' award from BAFM for 'The Friends of the Green Howards Regimental Museum Newsletter - POWs Germany and Italy'. This is another feather in our cap and one we are very proud of.

MAY 2004

Great Northern Publishing is pleased to announce the re-design and re-launch of the website for The British Association of Friends of Museums. We were recently asked to re-design the charity's website and to continue to maintain it. The new website is now up and running. www.bafm.org.uk

OCTOBER 2003

Great Northern Publishing is pleased to announce the launch of the uncensored JADE - Special Reserve Collection book, which brings together over 80 of the world's leading erotic photographers in a single 196-page collector's volume, packed with erotic photography from cover-to-cover.

JUNE 2003

Following a request from a Staff Sergeant of the British Armed Forces for any 'morale boosting' material we might have for the lads serving with REME in Iraq, a consignment of paperback books was today shipped to the front. Dozens of copies of 'Hazardous to Health!' and 'Beyond the Void' were boxed up and sent out with our best wishes for a safe tour of duty and a swift return home. We hope the books will provide the hardworking lads out there in the desert with a few good laughs.

NOVEMBER 2000

Great Northern Publishing are celebrating once again after winning a prestigious 'Enterprise Award' at a special evening to mark five of the area's top achievers. On Tuesday 21st November 2000, representatives from the business, industrial and commercial sectors gathered at the Town Hall in Scarborough to celebrate the year's top achievers (1998-1999). On behalf of the Scarborough, Filey and District Enterprise Agency five proud young people - whose businesses were judged by a panel of business professionals to be the best in their categories - were presented with specially engraved plaques by the Mayor of Scarborough, Councillor Dorothy Clegg. The success of these businesses - all different from one another, yet all with that added ingredient which has set them apart from their contemporaries - proves that the beautiful and rugged Yorkshire coast is alive and thriving with young entrepreneurs; individuals who are not afraid of hard work or commitment, and who have the drive and ambition to succeed. Mark Marsay collected the award on behalf of Great Northern Publishing and the plaque now resides in pride of place in the office.