Archant has furloughed staff on its regional magazines across the country for the next month to help ease the impact of the latest lockdown on its finances.

The cost-saving measures at the local media group, now owned by private equity firm Rcapital, will mean publication of the March and April issues of all Archant’s monthly magazines will be slightly delayed, staff were told.

Editorial, production, design, planning, sales and support staff on the magazines have all been “directly furloughed for a significant portion” of the period between Wednesday 27 January and Wednesday 24 February.