The Herald and Sunday Herald last month opted out of the monthly national audit, and will join the regional titles' figures when they are next published in February 2013.

BBC: Sharp fall in city evening newspaper sales

The six-monthly update from the Audit Bureau of Circulations does not include 'national'-designated titles, such as the Scotsman and the Daily Record.

BBC: Sharp fall in city evening newspaper sales

He was chairman of the SEC from 2001 to 2003, currently serves on the audit committees of Approva and the National Cathedral School, and writes a monthly column for ComplianceWeek.

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