AN uncertain future awaits for the Grimsby Telegraph offices located near the Fishing Heritage centre.
Its parent-company, Reach - which has more than 100 daily and weekly titles - is to retain only its 15 largest 'hub' offices which will be upgraded.
These are at: Belfast, Bristol, Birmingham, Dublin, Cardiff, Glasgow, Newcastle, Hull, Leeds, Liverpool, London (Canary Wharf HQ), Oldham, Nottingham, Plymouth and an office in the South-east.
Reach says: "With the vast majority of staff working from home for over a year, the company has decided to make it a permanent feature for many.
"We carried out a survey that showed a majority found home working suited their needs.
"We are pleased to be investing in all our hubs to provide more modern, flexible working environments.
"This solution provides increased flexibility with the ability to have access to meeting space to recapture face-to-face collaboration and a social element - when lockdown rules allow."
The statement concludes: "We will be investing more in our strategy and in our journalism and less in buildings.”
The Telegraph was based for many years at the huge building at 80 Cleethorpe Road, near the flyover, but has downsized in recent years.
It shares the building opposite Alexandra Dock with firms such as recruitment agency Staffline, owner of People Plus.
Besides the Grimsby Telegraph, other titles that will lose out on having an office on their patch include the following: Cambridge News, Derby Telegraph, Huddersfield Daily Examiner, Leicester Mercury, North Wales Daily Post and Stoke Sentinel.
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