Good news: the paper that’s just the business keeps on growing

THERE’S so much talk of the economy contracting, of jobs being lost, of incomes falling and of taxes rising that I’ve decided to recall a positive story this morning. A story of a business being started 20 years ago that nobody said could succeed but which has created jobs for its employees, wealth for various owners and a product that has provided a useful service to the public.

It was 20 years ago this week that The Sunday Business Post appeared on the newsstands for the first time. It was a venture that nobody in the media expected to succeed – and which nobody outside of media circles really cared about.

Who would want to read a newspaper about business and financial matters on a Sunday, with the promise of political coverage (that was always an important element of the mix) excluded by the title’s name, especially when the paper’s promoters boldly proclaimed it would not include any sports coverage, not even the Saturday results?