OUR NEXT EDITION WILL BE OUT DECEMBER 4, 2024.

With a readership of 55,000, City Matters represents an attractive advertising channel for all of our commercial partners. Married to our growing web presence (15,000 monthly unique users) and industrious social media activity, our sales team are confident there is a City Matters package for businesses of all sizes. As a proud registered Social Enterprise, we warmly welcome collaborations with new advertising partners who share our community responsibility ethos. To discuss our available packages, simply call Managing Director Nick Chapman on 07818 075270. Alternatively, send an email to [email protected] and one of the team will get back to you at the earliest opportunity.

Read our Media Pack here.
Digital billboard: Please provide in either jpg or gif format in the following size:
Desktop version: 970 pixels (width)  x 250 pixels (height).
Digital MPU: 900 (w) x 750 (h) pixels.

Artwork Formats accepted: PDF: High resolution (PDF/X-1a). Fonts and images should be embedded. All transparency and layers flattened. No crop, bleed or trim marks.
Images: CMYK only (No Pantone colour or RGB colour);  jpg — 300 dpi, tiff— 300 dpi
Total ink coverage limit: The maximum total ink coverage (TAC) for artwork is 240%
The ICC profile to use is ISOnewspaper26v4.icc which is a 240% TAC profile.

Advert Sizes: Double Page Spread — 548 (width) x 328mm (height)
Display Full page — 259mm (width) x 328mm (height)
1/2 Portrait — 127mm (w) x 328mm (h)
1/2 Landscape — 259mm (w) x 159mm (h)
1/4 — 127mm (w) x 159mm (h)
Front Page Solus — 259mm (w) x 70mm (h)

Print Area Page type area: 259 x 335mm
1 column = 61mm
2 column = 127mm
3 column = 193mm
4 column = 259mm

Advert Design: We can also design your advert for you. We will need you to supply: • The text, logos and images and a brand/style guide if you have one. • Images need to be at a resolution of 300 dpi (see above). • Logos should be supplied as an .eps or as an image file:  jpg or tiff at 300 dpi. You can contact our friendly Design Team who can guide you through the process.

Copy Deadline: Display adverts:
Friday midday Display adverts print ready:
Monday 4pm Read our T&Cs.