Newsagents need to take service restrictions into account in planning staff needs over Christmas/New Year period

Different suppliers to Newsagencies are advising of restrictions to deliveries and service support over the Christmas/New Year period. For example, Are Direct has announced it will not be delivering on 23 December. All of their other delivery dates appear to be scheduled as normal. Newspaper publishers have advised Newsagents of changes to production schedules for […]

GNS shows leadership by keeping Newsagents informed

Supply chain issues are impacting just about every sector of the Australian economy. Everything from new cars to bikinis are experiencing production and distribution delays due to the manufacturing and logistics impacts arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Whatever the reason behind delays and stock shortages, Newsagents need to be kept up to date. GNS has […]

News Corp Australia DT editor offers excuses for poor delivery performance

Radio network 2GB has been running a minor campaign in recent days against the poor delivery performance of News Corp Australia and its contractors. On Wednesday morning this week, Daily Telegraph editor Ben English fronted the Ben Fordham program and offered a bunch of “the dog ate my homework” excuses for why News Corp Australia’s […]

Are Media to rebrand Ovato operation as Are Direct

Are Media has today announced the rebranding of Ovato Retail Distribution to Are Direct across Australia and New Zealand. Are Media advised they remain committed to supporting and strengthening the retail and Newsagency sector and the magazine category in its entirety, by ensuring retailers receive a reliable supply of diverse and relevant magazines to drive […]

Everyone makes mistakes – even publishers

NANA regularly reminds Members of the importance of checking invoices and account statements to ensure what they are being charged by suppliers is accurate and especially reflects credits which should be applied to the account. It is often more difficult to track errors where suppliers including newspaper publishers use direct debits to collect account payments.

Nine Publishing continues to face challenges from hack

NANA has been regularly in contact with Nine Publishing to establish the extent of the systems limitations caused by the cyber attack the publisher suffered last weekend. Many of the normal systems including those which interface with Newsagents remain inaccessible and Nine is having to develop work-arounds wherever they can.

NANA pushes Tyro to come up with compensation package

The most recent update from Tyro on the outage of EFTPOS terminals is more than 3 days old. NANA continues to receive reports from Members that Tyro terminals are going down, three weeks after the initial problems surfaced.

Tyro outage continues despite management statements

NANA has been keenly watching the impact of the Tyro terminal outage experienced by many Newsagents over the past 2+ weeks. According to Tyro, there are still retailers who have not had their Tyro terminals updated to overcome the “bricking” issue which arose over software problems.

COVID-19 hits GNS share value

GNS has released its financial statements ahead of its Annual General Meeting scheduled for 26 November.

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