The Star team is reluctantly making a small increase in the advertising rates. The current rates were set in 2012 and over the intervening nine years several increases in both printing and freight rates have been absorbed. However further increases have made it necessary for a small increase to ensure that costs are covered.
One of our founding objects was to provide local businesses with an attractive, affordable advertising medium, this was still very much in mind when reviewing the rates.
The other object was to provide a platform for local news and items of interest. The two are, of course, intrinsically linked. Without our loyal advertisers there would be no Star.
