Occasions when the First Minister or the Deputy First Minister met editors of newspapers in each of the last 3 years, broken down by the name of the editor and the location of the meeting.
This info rmation is set out below. However, there will be occasions when the First Minister and Deputy First Minister have come across editors other than at pre-arranged meetings. These encounters are not recorded and therefore no info rmation is available.
Minister | Editors of Newspapers | Date | Location |
Newspaper | Name |
Deputy First Minister | Herald | Mark Douglas-Home | 29 November 01 | Prestonfield House Hotel, Edinburgh |
Deputy First Minister | Edinburgh Evening News | John McLellan | April 02 | Tower Restaurant, Royal Museum, Edinburgh |
Deputy First Minister | Daily Telegraph | Charles Moore | 8 May 02 | Reception: Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh |
Deputy First Minister | Northern Times | - | 21 August 02 | Golspie |
Deputy First Minister | London Times | - | 23 September 02 | Reception: The Grand Hotel, Brighton |
Deputy First Minister | The Scotsman | Iain Martin | 12 February 03 | Dinner: The Scotsman Offices, Edinburgh |
Deputy First Minister | Dumfries & Galloway Standard | - | March 03 | Dumfries |
Deputy First Minister | Scotland on Sunday | John McLellan | 19 November 03 | Hadrians, Edinburgh |
Deputy First Minister | Sunday Times | Les Snowdon | Unknown | Le Sept, Edinburgh |
First Minister | Daily Telegraph | Charles Moore | 8 May 02 | The Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh |
First Minister | Financial Times | Editorial team | 24 February 03 | Southwark Bridge, London |
First Minister | Sports Editors | - | 22 May 02 | Bute House |
First Minister | Scottish Daily Mail | Tim Jotischky | 21 August 02 | Quigley's, 158a Bath Street, Glasgow |
First Minister | Scotsman | Iain Martin and Andrew Neil | 16 September 02 | Meridian Court, Glasgow |
First Minister | News International | Bruce Waddell Bob Bird | 18 November 02 | News International HQ, Kinning Park, Glasgow |
First Minister | Courier | Bill Hutcheon | 28 November 02 | FM's room, GIVB |
First Minister | Sunday Herald Editor and Health Correspondent | 11 December 02 | FM's room, St Andrew's House |
First Minister | Mirror | Mike Graham | 31 January 03 | Glasgow Hilton Hotel, William Street, Glasgow |
First Minister | Herald | Mark Douglas-Home | 10 February 03 | SMG, Glasgow |
First Minister | Sunday Mail | Alan Rennie | 7 March 03 | Glasgow |
First Minister | Daily Record | Peter Cox | 13 March 03 | Bute House |
First Minister | Scottish Editor of Sunday Times | Les Snowdon | 5 August 03 | Bute House |
First Minister | Edinburgh Evening News | Ian Stewart | 17 September 03 | Bute House |
First Minister | Glasgow Evening Times | Charles McGhee | 22 September 03 | Meridian Court, Glasgow |
First Minister | Daily Express | Kerry Gill | 6 October 03 | Bute House |
First Minister | Scotland on Sunday | John McLellan | 8 October 03 | Bute House |
First Minister | Sunday Herald | Andrew Jaspan | 29 October 03 | Bute House |
First Minister | Scotsman | Iain Martin | 31 October 03 | FM's room, St Andrew's House |
First Minister | Sunday Post | David Pollington | 18 November 03 | Bute House |
First Minister | Local editors event lunch | 15 January 04 | Media Centre, St Andrew's House |
First Minister | Scottish Sun | Rob Dalton | 21 January 04 | Oloroso, Castle Street, Edinburgh |
First Minister | Express | Derek Lambie | 28 January 04 | Bute House |
First Minister | Herald's Team | 27 April 04 | Bute House |
First Minister | Dundee Courier Editorial Team | 12 August 04 | Dundee Courier, 80 Kingsway East, Dundee |
First Minister | Metro | Mike Tait | 22 September 04 | FM's room, Holyrood |
First Minister | Greenock Telegraph | Martin Biddle | 3 November 04 | FM's room, Holyrood |
First Minister | Press and Journal | Derek Tucker | 13 December 04 | University of Aberdeen |
Occasions when the First Minister or the Deputy First Minister met newspaper proprietors in each of the last 3 years, broken down by the name of the proprietor and the location of the meeting.
This info rmation is set out below. However, there will be occasions when the First Minister and Deputy First Minister have come across proprietors other than at pre-arranged meetings. These encounters are not recorded and therefore no info rmation is available.
Minister | Newspaper Proprietors | Date | Location |
Deputy First Minister | Tim Bowdler, Chief Exec. Of Johnston Press plc. Roy Fox, Chief Exec. Of Scottish Provincial Press Ltd. Bill Laidlaw, Dumfriesshire Newspapers Ltd. Ken Whitson, D&J Croal Ltd Stuart McPherson, Divisional Managing Director of Johnson Press Scotland | 30 October 2003 | Lunch: The Sheraton Hotel, Edinburgh |
Deputy First Minister | Mark Hollingshead, MD of Scottish Daily Record Steven Walker, MD of The Scotsman Alan Scott, MD of Aberdeen Journals Ltd Tim Blott, Regional Director, Newsquest (Herald&Post) Ltd | 28 April 2004 | Dinner: The Scotsman Offices, Edinburgh |
First Minister | Alex Cargill and John Scott of SC Universal Newspapers | 12 April 2002 | Board Room, Press Buildings, Campbell Street, Hamilton |
First Minister | Sly Baillie, Daily Mirror | 15 July 03 | Bute House |
First Minister | Colin McLatchie, News International | 18 November 02 | News International HQ, Kinning Park, Glasgow |
First Minister | Tim Blott, MD Newsquest | 26 November 03 | Bute House |