Regional publishers Newsquest, Archant and Midland News Association have revealed their gender pay gaps for 2017, with women earning higher bonus pay than men at each one.

Newsquest Media Group, the UK’s second largest regional publisher with more than 165 news brands and 40 magazines, has a mean gender pay gap of 12 per cent, favouring men.

It has a bonus pay gap at the company of 17 per cent favouring women, but more men (57 per cent) received a bonus in the year to April 2017 (the period sampled).