E & S to relocate?

Wolverhampton’s award-winning newspaper, the Express & Star, is considering moving from the building which has been its home since the 1880s.

The daily publication, which has a circulation of over 13,000, has confirmed that redevelopment of its Queen Street headquarters, is potentially on the cards.

The site, which also houses the headquarters of the Midland News Association – the newspaper’s publisher - was highlighted as a potential investment opportunity in a prospectus published by the City of Wolverhampton Council.

MNA managing director Matt Ross said that they had been been exploring opportunities surrounding the offices for a number of years.

“After removing the printing presses from the site and restructuring our departments we now have significant spare capacity available and so are looking at the various options available to us, be that redeveloping the current site or exiting the building altogether,” he said.

The City of Wolverhampton Council’s investment prospectus states: “A number of development options could be brought forward, including the wholescale repurposing of the Express & Star offices on Queen Street, as well as new development on the wider estate. There is also potential to increase the site to one hectare in scale through land assembly of the adjacent NCP car park, which has periodically been promoted to the market.”