The FT has said it is now a “majority digital content business” with digital subscriptions making up more than three-quarters of its paying audience.

The paper, which celebrates its 130^th anniversary this month, said it had achieved a “record high paid-for readership” in 2017.

It claims to have more than 910,000 paying readers across print and digital, up 8 per cent year-on-year, with digital subscriptions up 10 per cent to 714,000.