UK/Ireland News Distribution

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Deliver your news via the Press Association, the national news agency, and reach 100% of national and major regional newspaper, and every TV and radio station across the UK and Ireland.

The chosen delivery method of the PR industry, your press release is transmitted over the Press Association Opens in new window newswire, in full-text, directly onto thousands of editorial screens across the UK and Ireland. In addition your news is repackaged for digital services and platforms including, websites, mobile phones and teletext services. Your press release can also be accessed via Mediapoint Wire, the PA's internet-based breaking news service, subscribed by journalists and communications professionals across government organisations and businesses.

For maximum exposure in the UK and Ireland, Business Wire will also:

  • Post your news onto major high trafficked news sites, search engines and databases, including AOL, Bloomberg, Business Wire, Factiva, Google News, Lexis Nexis and Thomson Reuters.
  • Make your release available to Business Wire PressPass, our proprietary database of thousands of journalists registered to receive breaking news.
  • Include your choice of industry trades for maximum impact and disclosure to specialist audiences.

How Is My Release Doing?

As an added bonus, each release receives valuable NewsTrak measurement reports, giving you detailed release metrics, search referral data and audience engagement information.

Tell your story to the national media: call us on +44 (0)20 7626 1982 or email us at uk@businesswire.com.

* Access reports are updated continuously for two years from the date your news is distributed.

Global-Mobile-Social-Measurable Press Releases

Global-Mobile-Social-Measurable

Press releases sent in English by Business Wire will automatically include Global-Mobile-Social-Measurable features, such as content distribution to mobile devices, SEO, social media tagging, measurement reporting, and posting on high-trafficked websites Business Wire and EON: Enhanced Online News. More on GloMoSoMe

Distribution Lists

Would like to know which media points are included with your press release distribution? Is your news relevant to specific industries? View our wide selection of circuits and trades at BusinessWire.com available in the UK and Ireland.

Disclosure Services

Business Wire offers complete UK, European, Canadian and US disclosure services for all types of announcements.

Press Association Facts

  • Every year, the PA newswire delivers 50,000 press releases and pictures to every major media outlet in the UK and Ireland.
  • Content sent over the PA wire is delivered, simultaneously, using the same coding as the PA's own editorial copy, to every UK editorial system, past their firewalls, in seconds.
  • The PA wire delivers to designated editorial baskets - it's not mixed in with all other incoming email.
  • Wire content is "opt-in" solicited copy, so there are no spamming issues.