From Mr. Frank Brown PLAIN TRUTH circulation in the United Kingdom continues to grow steadily, peaking in February at 166,419 — a 33.4% increase over February, 1984. Circulation in Scandinavia, the continent of Europe and the Middle East peaked at 35,526, 41,303 and 14,498 respectively. There will be sharp drops in these circulations with the next issue because of a large mailing of renewal notices, but circulation will then rise for the rest of the year.
The offer of The GOOD NEWS to PLAIN TRUTH subscribers of two years or more has been very successful, with the first mailing to the U.K. pulling a 46% response. The second batch of 10,000 letters has just been mailed and responses are presently coming in. We have just started to print the GOOD NEWS for this area in the U.K., with an initial print run of 24,000.
The total number of baptised members in the U.K. is 2,448, with an increase of approximately 12 members per month. This year it looks like we will pass two and one-half thousand!
Mail income in the U.K. for February was up 4.8% over last year, but the year-to-date figure is a minus 2.3%. This is due to the fact that January, 1984 was a month of very high income. We hope the overall trend, of course, improves as the year advances.
Finally, various changes are being made to the offices here in England. The ceiling of the reception area has been raised to give a much lighter and more open feeling and appearance, and the Postal Services area has been greatly enlarged with a separate office being created for the Production/ Mailing Manager, Mr. Tony Lodge. The changes in this area reflect the greatly increased printing activity in England, and the steadily increasing volume of outgoing mail.
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