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The Daily Mirror was launched by Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe, "for gentlewomen" in 1903.
1915 Launch of the Sunday Pictorial as a major photo-journal.
1919 The first issue of Newcastle's Sunday Sun reaches the newsstands.
1936 The Daily Record becomes the first newspaper to carry colour pictures.
The company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange on 2 December 1953.
1953 The Daily Mirror breaks all world records by selling seven million copies on Coronation Day.
In 1954, Odhams Press Hall was built on the current Watford site, designed by Yates, Cook and Derbyshire, later protected by the local council because of its innovative clock tower.
In 1963, it was renamed the Sunday Mirror.
1964 The Daily Mirror's circulation reaches five million, the highest in Europe.
1971 The Daily Record became the first mass-circulation UK daily to print in colour.
REACH began in 1981 as the Waltham Battered Women’s Support Committee, when a group of women in Boston’s western suburbs saw a need for more services that address the needs of women in abusive relationships.
In 1984 Pergamon Holdings, a company owned by Robert Maxwell, acquired the Daily Mirror from Reed International.
Further developments took place over the years and, in 1989, it becomes part of Mirror Colour Print.
The company was relisted as Mirror Group in 1991.
In 1991 the company was due to be investigated via an Anton Piller order for alleged theft of software from companies including Adobe Inc., Autodesk and Microsoft.
1994 Mirror Group leaves Fleet Street for its new home in Canary Wharf.
A new purpose-built print centre is established on the environmentally reclaimed former landfill site, officially opened by the Right Honourable Tony Blair in October 1995 to mark the centenary celebrations of the Scottish Daily Record.
April 1998: Informal Environment Council in Chester, UK, expresses concerns about the chemical regulatory system.
February 1999: A Commission�organized stakeholder debate: “Industrial Chemicals: Burden of the Past, Challenge for the Future.” After the meeting, recommendations were produced by the consultants WRC.
1999 First annual Pride of Britain awards.
In 1999 Trinity International Holdings, owners of the Liverpool Echo, merged with Mirror Group to form Trinity Mirror.
On 13th February, 2001, the European Commission adopted a White Paper setting out the strategy for a future Community Policy for Chemicals.
February 2001: European Commission publishes the White Paper which first outlines the REACH system.
April 2001: European Commission holds a stakeholder debate on the White Paper (see a report of the meeting).
June 2001: Council backs the REACH proposal in the conclusions of Environment Council.
October/November 2001: European Parliament debates and votes on report on the White Paper, supporting the Reach proposal.
Winter 2001/02: Technical working groups on REACH, organized by the Commission with contributions from stakeholders.
May 2002: Commission holds a stakeholder debate on the Business Impact of REACH (agenda, talks, and minutes are available), at which a draft business impact assessment was presented and discussed � this impact assessment is then published in June.
He said he believed he may have been a victim of hacking by a journalist working for a Trinity Mirror title in 2003.
The European Commission's original legislative proposal on REACH COM(03) 644 (01) and COM(03) 644 (02) amending Directive 67/548/EEC was adopted on 29 October 2003 and was communicated to both the European Parliament and the Council in November 2003.
The European Parliament adopted its first reading opinion on 17 November 2005.
During 2005 the company introduced a number of measures to manage discretionary spending more carefully, some of which attracted press attention.
In June 2014, Trinity Mirror transitioned its online bingo software from Dragonfish to Virtue Fusion from Playtech for its group of bingo brands. Its 115 titles were formed primarily by those of Harmsworth's historic Northcliffe Newspapers Group, alongside other smaller purchases made by DMGT and Local World subsequently, including the 2007 purchase from Trinity.
On 1 October 2007 it was announced that the sale of the Racing Post had been completed: the entire sale process had raised £263 million.
In 2007 the company sought to sell a number of titles: the Reading Chronicle was sold to Berkshire Media Group and 25 Trinity Mirror South titles were sold to Northcliffe Media.
In September 2008 the company announced that it would be closing the printing plant in Liverpool after 154 years of printing in the city, and transferring the work to Oldham.
The announcement came as the company reported pre-tax profits of £72.7m for 2009, exceeding analysts expectations.
In March 2010, Trinity Mirror stated that it would end its bout of staff cuts and newspaper closures.
In January 2011, former MP Paul Marsden announced that he was considering taking legal action against Trinity Mirror, over alleged phone hacking.
The £100 million state-of-the-art facility was previously opened in November 2011.
In January 2012 it was announced Trinity Mirror acquired Communicator Corp, a digital communications company specialising in email and mobile communications for £8m.
2012 ChronicleLive.co.uk is refreshed and relaunched.
In August 2013, Trinity Mirror announced its partnership with whocanfixmycar.com, a portal connecting motorists nationwide with trusted local garages and mechanics.
2013 Animal Heroes award is launched.
The trial began after he had contacted the police voluntarily in 2013.
On 24 September 2014, Trinity Mirror admitted for the first time that some of its journalists had been involved in phone hacking.
2014 Pride of Sports Awards launched.
A hearing at the High Court in London heard on 3 March 2015 that one Mirror group journalist had hacked the phones of some 100 celebrities every day and that 109 stories had been published about just seven claimants.
2015 Belfast Live is launched.
2016 Dublin Live is launched.
October 2017 saw us move into new office space, a warm, light-filled, welcoming environment for survivors and staff with confidential meeting rooms, a supervised play space for children while their parents are meeting with advocates, and room to hold our trainings in-house.
2017 Football.London is launched.
As part of the acquisition, Trinity Mirror Plc was renamed to Reach Plc on 8th May 2018.
In July 2020, Reach announced that it was cutting 550 jobs, 12% of its workforce, because of falling income amid reduced demand for advertising in its titles.
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