Welcome to Village Publishing. As you’ll see, we have several original publications that go directly ‘through-the-door’ of affluent households.
As a brand, Village Publishing was established in 2017, but its roots go back all the way to 1992, when Publisher, Neil Armstrong, started his first publishing business, Rhubarb Publishing, producing newsstand magazines including the World’s first consumer Toy magazine (Family Toys & Games).
In May 2006, Neil Armstrong took a stake in south‐coast based creative agency RT Media Ltd; servicing a range of clients across the UK, while continuing to publish more magazine titles, as well as expanding the contract publishing and online publishing divisions, for clients all over the English speaking world, including USA, Canada and Australia. Several local community paper and magazine titles were also developed during this period, with a Local Papers brand launched to differentiate those products from the rest of the magazine portfolio, resulting the the development of the Village Publishing brand.
Today, Village Publishing is a vibrate local, national and international publishing house, specialising in local community newspapers (Agent Papers), lifestyle magazines (Village, La Chic Elite and BH13), business magazines (Buzz and So… Business) and a long list of digital magazine titles, content-rich websites and a popular range of affordable marketing and design services. Village Publishing is now a brand under the ownership of Magazine Distributors Limited, and is publishing local publications all over the UK including in Dorset, Purbeck, Hampshire and the Isle of Man.
We also create printed and digital magazines for a variety of business to business clients and have over 30 years experience in all aspects of traditional marketing, digital marketing, branding, advertising and design, enabling us to provide award-winning, proven and successful publications for all of our clients.
Small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) are anxious to adopt the same business growth strategies used by large corporations to great success. This includes the use of outside expertise. Unfortunately, consultancy services cannot simply be scaled down for SMEs.
We are a national network of talented and enterprising individuals, supported and managed by local and regional community group members , who share our commitment to helping other businesses succeed.
As part of our mission, we help companies like yours connect, collaborate, and partner with other companies locally, nationally, or internationally strategically and help you grow as per your aspirations, The idea behind putting business growth at the center of strategy is to provide knowledge, experience, and learning to local businesses so they can reach and improve their performance . With our help, you can reach out to local businesses to connect, network , market and promote your business in your own local business community.
We offer you access to your own local business community and a wide range of free or low-cost business workshops, webinars, exhibitions, conferences and networking events that help businesses grow by sharing expert knowledge, experience and learning. Our team of Business Growth Consultants offer business support through events, tailored 1-2-1 consultations and financial help through local governments funding and grants.
Our proprietary programmes, free or low-cost workshops, webinars, and events aid small and medium businesses in building effective strategies, improving organizational efficiency, involving their staff in organisational change, and mastering their supply chains.
Our Business Growth Consultants are here to help ambitious businesses like yours, by offering impartial and confidential information, guidance and support. They can speak to you via zoom, over the phone, or on e-mail as well as meeting in person, for an in-depth conversation at a place convenient to you.
