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- Wednesday, 28 December 2011
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If you have requested a response one of our staff will be in touch with you in the near future.
Advertise with us
- Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Advertising, promotions and advertorials on MT Online
The Mature Times website is the online "voice" of the 50+ generation. Packed with news, interviews and articles, it speaks to – and for – today's "silver surfers".
Hard-hitting, informative and independent minded, no other site covers the breadth of issues and subjects that matter so much to the fastest growing user group on the net: there are over 3,000 articles there and growing... a vast resource that generates massive reader usage.
Remember: this is the web user demographic that is time rich.
Its daily updates of the news that really matters to our readers make it a "must read" site and – also like our paper – it's a platform for an articulate generation to express their views and creative output.
It also features great reader offers and competitions for visitors to enter, creating terrific sticky content.
On top of that it's packed with lifestyle articles and useful information on finance, health, fitness and beauty, property, gardening, celebrity interviews, cooking, holidays and leisure, clubs and societies, places to go and things to do. Information that our visitors want to read.
You can be a part of MT Online in a number of ways.
- We offer strategic marketing partnerships with selected organisations in each key sector to promote products and services in an imaginative and effective way. If you want to tell our web users the bigger story, this is your chance – right through to creating whole micro-sites.
- You can take advertising space in targeted sections of the web including the home page or category home pages.
- We are happy to discuss competitions, offers and sponsorship opportunities, which will promote your products, generate leads and drive traffic to your websites.
- And we can talk about advertorial opportunities – lasting from just a week through to a whole year.
But, above all, we can offer you a totally integrated marketing opportunity using our newspaper, e–newsletter and website. We are also able to offer our expert advice and experience in copywriting for this audience to achieve maximum impact.
There's a much bigger story to tell – so why not call us on 01934 864410 to see how we can help you achieve your sales and marketing objectives.
The Mature Times
By being on this website you've already seen our online medium. But of course the Mature Times is also a newspaper – in fact the UK's longest established and biggest circulation paper for the over 50s.
Established in 1991, it has developed a large, growing and very loyal readership, who regard it as THEIR newspaper, the voice of THEIR generation.
Because we are the only 50+ medium that is campaigning and news–led, we are a vital part of the agenda of the issues and concerns that affect them.
By advertising with us, you tap directly into that readership.
The paper currently has a print run of 200,000 copies each month giving a readership of well in excess of 500,000 readers each and every month across the UK. It is now the largest free to market publication in the ‘grey market’. The paper is published on a monthly basis normally on the first Wednesday of each month.
The paper, like this website, is lively, interesting and in tune with the interests of the 50+ demographic. We also have lifestyle sections on finance, property, health and fitness, leisure and travel, home and garden, and recruitment and volunteering.
So why not find out how advertising with us can boost YOUR clients' sales by downloading our PDF.
And if you want the bigger picture on how we can deliver an integrated campaign – through this website and enewsletter as well as the paper – talk directly to us on 01934 864410.
Have we got e-news for you?
Do you want to reach an ever–growing on–line audience direct via their PC?
Do you want to target the market demographic that has time to surf the internet, time to absorb your message, and – more importantly – the time to act on it?
If so, then you need to consider the power of our long-established, popular and trusted regular e–newsletter which our electronic subscribers see dropping into their inbox each and every fortnight.
Thousands of our readers receive our e–newsletter. And each month our broadcast figure grows.
It's a direct, personal and very effective way to reach those readers who have switched on to IT – achieving a huge open rate and making this a highly relevant target audience for many marketers.
There are three ways in which you can harness the MT e–newsletter to your advantage:
- Taking advertising space.
- Taking advertorial space.
- Taking a solus broadcast to our database (available 12 x per year).
- Competitions, offers and sponsorship opportunities.
In addition we can work with you on an integrated campaign, to include the paper and the website. We are also able to offer our expert advice and experience in copywriting for this audience to achieve maximum impact.
To find out more about all these options, including prices you can email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the nature of your enquiry or call us direct on 01934 864410.
Subscribe to Mature Times
Subscriptions to the Mature Times newspaper cost £18.00 a year to cover post and packaging. To subscribe you can send a cheque to Highwood House Publishing, Highwood House, Winters Lane, Redhill, Bristol BS40 5SH and include details of your name, address and telephone number, or call us on 01934 864410 to pay by credit or debit card, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the title Subscribe to Mature Times.
Press
- Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Can we help YOU?
If you are a journalist looking to find out more about the 50+ demographic - how it thinks and acts - we can help.
We act as the voice of this generation. The Mature Times Editor has worked on national newspapers for over 30 years, making him, arguably, one of the most experienced journalists in the field within the UK.
More than that, the paper has played a key role in campaigning on major social issues - such as ageism in the workplace, pension and benefit rights, paying for care, healthcare rationing and carers' rights.
He is happy to provide input, or be interviewed. Please submit all requests to
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.
We welcome press and media releases on all subjects considered relevant to our market and these should also be sent by email to
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
or in hard copy form to:
Press Office,
Highwood House Publishing Limited
Highwood House
Winters Lane
Redhill
Bristol
BS40 5SH
If you would like to call us please do so on 01934 864410 (an answering machine operates outside normal office hours)
Accessibility
- Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Accessibility help
It is essential to us that our website is accessible to as many visitors as possible, regardless of any disability. To do this, we have worked hard to implement the Accessibility Guidelines set out by the World Wide Web Consortium. Below you will find advice on how to make the most of the website using integrated features and those of your browser.
Screen resolution
The website has been designed to appear best on a monitor with a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels or above.
Visual appearance
Resizing using browsers
If you require bigger text size or to view the whole site at an increased size you can make changes using your browser.
On a PC:
Select 'View', then 'Zoom'. You can then make the size of the whole site bigger or smaller using zoom in or zoom out. If you just wish to change the text size only click the Text Only menu item.
Select 'View', then 'Zoom'. You can then make the size of the whole site bigger or smaller by percentage (up to 400%) or by using Ctrl + and Ctrl - on your keyboard. If you just wish to change the text size only select 'View', then 'Text Size'. This gives you the option of five different text sizes.
Text Only menu item.
On the toolbar select Zoom+ or Zoom - to change the overall site size.
On a Mac:
Select 'View', then 'Zoom'. You can then make the size of the whole site bigger or smaller using Apple + or Apple - on your keyboard. If you just wish to change the text size only click the Text Only menu item, then make the text bigger or smaller using Apple + or Apple -.
Select 'View', then 'Zoom'. You can then make the size of the whole site bigger or smaller by using Apple + and Apple - on your keyboard. If you just wish to change the text size only select 'View', then 'Text Size',
then make the text bigger or smaller using Apple + or Apple -
On the toolbar select Zoom+ or Zoom- to change the overall site size.
Can we help YOU?
If you are a journalist looking to find out more about the 50+ demographic - how it thinks and acts - we can help.
We act as the voice of the 50+ generation. The Mature Times Editor has been editing national and regional newspapers for almost 30 years, making him, arguably, the most experienced journalist in the field within the UK.
More than that, the paper has played a key role in campaigning on major social issues - such as ageism in the workplace, pension and benefit rights, paying for care, healthcare rationing and carers' rights.
He is happy to provide input, or be interviewed. Please submit all requests to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
We welcome press and media releases on all subjects considered relevant to our market and these should also be sent by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or in hard copy form to:
Press Office
Highwood House Publishing Limited
Highwood House
Winters Lane
Redhill
Bristol
BS40 5SH
If you would like to call us please do so on 01934 864410 (an answering machine operates outside normal office hours).
© Highwood House Publishing Limited 2012
Terms and Conditions
- Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Terms and Conditions of Use Governing the Website
General Terms of Use
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HHPL may change these terms and conditions at any time and without notice by posting any changes online. We would ask all visitors to review these terms regularly to ensure that they are aware of any changes made by HHPL. Your continued use of www.maturetimes.co.uk after changes have been posted means that you agree to be legally bound by these terms as updated or amended.
Use of www.maturetimes.co.uk
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HHPL does not warrant that functions contained within www.maturetimes.co.uk content will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that www.maturetimes.co.uk or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.
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Further to the above paragraph, by submitting your contribution to www.maturetimes.co.uk you:
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House Rules
We will from time to time publish e-mails and other correspondence from contributors whether these were solicited by us, or were sent to us unsolicited.
When we publish such e-mails or correspondence we will not publish individual e-mail addresses nor will we publish personal contact information.
We reserve the right not to publish e-mails or other correspondence which:-
HHPL welcomes feedback, both positive and negative, about our site and its contents – all we ask is that you make sure any comments are in line and comply with the above rules.
HHPL reserves the right to delete any contribution that may be posted on the site, or to refuse to publish any contribution submitted to the site, or to take action against any user of the site, at anytime, and for any reason.
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If there is any conflict between these terms and specific terms appearing elsewhere on www.maturetimes.co.uk then the latter shall prevail at all times.
If any of these terms are determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these terms are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction in which that term is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these terms and the remaining terms shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
These terms and conditions are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
Highwood House Publishing Limited is a company registered in England & Wales and whose registration number is 5112696. The Companies Registered Office address is:
Highwood House Publishing Limited,
Highwood House,
Winters Lane,
Redhill,
Bristol.
BS40 5SH
Telephone: 01934 864410
© Highwood House Publishing Limited 2012
Privacy Policy
- Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Privacy & Cookie Policy
Highwood House Publishing Limited (HHPL) is committed to protecting the privacy of users of the site www.maturetimes.co.uk at all times. It is our policy to disclose within this statement all issues related to privacy in the collection by HHPL of personally identifiable information from the users of the site www.maturetimes.co.uk.
Our Privacy Policy is written to advise you of our practices with regards to the collection, use and disclosure of information that you may provide via the website www.maturetimes.co.uk. Whenever you use our site you consent to the collection, use and disclosure of that information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We have put in place a set of information guidelines that serve as the basis for our customer and advertiser relationships. These guidelines have been developed to comply with the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003. We will also, from time to time, act on advice published by the Information Commissioner.
These guidelines are subject to change. We will, from time to time, make changes to our Privacy Policy. Any such changes will be posted on these pages without notification.
Highwood House Publishing Limited is registered as required under the Data Protection Act 1998, registration number Z960527X. If you require information on the Data Protection Act 1998, the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 or the Information Commissioner you can visit www.dataprotection.gov.uk.
The following measures are taken by HHPL to protect our users' privacy:-
What Personally Identifiable Information Is Collected About You?
Information is collected on our users in two ways: through the use of cookies and through registration. For more information about cookies please see below.
We may require users to provide us with a name, e-mail address, postal address, postcode, gender and date of birth in order to register for access to certain services. We may also ask for other non-mandatory demographic information from subscribers.
Following registration we will employ a registration cookie to recognise a subscriber and his or her access privileges on www.maturetimes.co.uk as well as to track site usage.
We will also collect personal information from you through your use of enquiry and feedback forms and every time you e-mail us your details. We will only collect such information when you choose to supply it to us.
We will also log IP addresses, or the location of your computer on the internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. We occasionally use IP addresses to track a user's session, but do not link IP addresses to personally identifiable information.
For your information, an IP address is a number assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), so you can access the internet. An IP address is generally considered to be non-personally identifiable information, because in most cases an IP address is dynamic (i.e. it changes each time you connect to the internet), rather than static (i.e. unique to a particular user's computer).
What Do We Do With The Information We Collect?
We may use the information we collect to perform statistical analyses of user behaviour in order to measure relative consumer interest in the various areas of our site (to improve our site) and to inform advertisers as to how many consumers have seen or 'clicked' their advertising banners. In performing these statistical analyses, we will disclose information to third parties only in aggregate form. Personal information on individual subscribers will not be provided to third parties.
We may periodically send you e-mail updates on www.maturetimes.co.uk and services offered by www.maturetimes.co.uk and its advertisers. All users will receive these communications via e-mail unless they have specifically opted not to receive these communications. If you wish to opt out of receiving such information from us, then please use the unsubscribe option included in all our e-mail correspondence or send and e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. stating that you would prefer not to receive such mailings.
We will also use your information to target banner and box advertising on our site in order that you will see advertising that may be more relevant to you. You will never be targeted as an individual, but as a larger demographic group of similar users. This use of your personal information is contractual to the use of www.maturetimes.co.uk. If you do not wish your information to be used in this way then you will be unable to use those areas of www.maturetimes.co.uk that require registration.
We will use files generated by our web servers to analyse site usage and statistics but the files do not identify any personal information. Files analysis helps us to understand usage patterns on our website and to make improvements to our service.
'Third Party' Advertising Cookies
Most of the advertisements that you will see on www.maturetimes.co.uk are generated by third parties. Some of these third parties will generate their own cookies to track how many people have seen a particular advertisement (or use the services of third parties to do this), and to track how many people have seen it more than once. These cookies cannot be used to identify an individual; they can only be used for statistical purposes, for example, in providing you with advertisements that are more relevant to your interests. Some of the information gleaned from third party cookies will be aggregated with other anonymous information for statistical purposes. The third party companies that generate these cookies have their own, very strict, privacy policies but we don't have access to these cookies; other than allowing them to be served, we have no role to play in these cookies at all (although we may use statistical information arising from these third party cookies and provided to us by third parties, to improve the targeting of advertisements to users of www.maturetimes.co.uk).
If you would like to disable these 'third party' cookies generated by advertisers or providers of targeted advertising services, you can turn them off by going to the third party's website and getting them to generate a one-time "no-thanks" cookie that will stop any further cookies being served to your machine.
With Whom Do We Share The Information We Collect?
We do not provide or sell your personal information to others unless you have given us your permission. With your permission we will only share the information with carefully chosen, reputable and trustworthy third parties. Also, we may provide aggregate statistics on our customers, sales, traffic patterns and related site information to reputable third-party vendors, but these statistics will include no personally identifying information.
We will provide subscribers with a summary of all personal information that we process on them upon request. We will charge a fee of £50 for any such requests. If you wish to make such a request please send an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include the e-mail address that you registered with along with your full postal address, postcode and telephone number. We will then call you to collect the fee payable by either debit or credit card payment. We undertake to comply with such requests and provide information within 14 days of you making such a request. No information will be provided, or requests actioned, until the appropriate fee has been collected.
Please note it may be necessary, or required by law or if pertinent to judicial or governmental investigations to release your personal identifiable information to third parties. If we receive such a request we will comply with it but we will not be under any obligation to inform you of such instances or disclosure.
What Is A Cookie?
A cookie is described as a small, numeric text file that is stored by your browser on your computer's hard drive. Any information you provide to us is held securely on our web servers and not on your machine. A cookie does not contain any personally identifiable information.
If you would like to know more about cookies and how they work, or if you would like to learn how to disable cookies in your browser settings or to refuse cookies then please visit www.allaboutcookies.org for more information.
External Websites
HHPL cannot be held responsible for the content or the privacy policies of web sites to which www.maturetimes.co.uk may link. If you are concerned with or have a complaint about an external website with whom www.maturetimes.co.uk links then please advise us of your concerns or complaint by sending an e-mail to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Please note that any such e-mails must contain the name, address and telephone number of you as an individual. If this information is missing or is not provided then HHPL are under no obligation to investigate or to reply to such a complaint.
If you are unsure as to the content or nature of an external website then we would encourage you to read the privacy policy of that website before you use it.
© Highwood House Publishing Limited 2012
Copyright
- Wednesday, 07 December 2011
Copyright Statement
© Copyright of all items that appear on www.maturetimes.co.uk (including but not limited to text, photographs, graphics and software) is either owned by or licensed to the publishers, Highwood House Publishing Limited. All rights are hereby reserved by Highwood House Publishing Limited.
Highwood House Publishing Limited endeavours to ensure that all the information that appears on www.maturetimes.co.uk is correct but does not accept any liability for error or omission.
Users of the site may access content on www.maturetimes.co.uk solely for their own, non-commercial use.
Users must not republish any part of the information or data that appears on www.maturetimes.co.uk either on another website, or in any other medium including print, electronic or otherwise, or as part of any commercial service without the prior written permission of Highwood House Publishing Limited.
If you require any further information on permitted use, or you wish to request a licence to republish any material that appears onwww.maturetimes.co.uk then please contact us by one of the following means:-
By mail to Highwood House Publishing Limited, Highwood House, Winters Lane, Redhill, Bristol BS40 5SH.
By telephone on 01934 864410
By fax on 01934 861028
By e-mail to
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Welcome
- Tuesday, 18 October 2011
Our site is packed with articles that will appeal to those over 50 on a wide variety of subjects, from news and current affairs through to homes for retirement, articles that will help you plan retirement, articles on life over 50.
Mature Times is well known for its campaigning stance, but we also encourage our readers to get out there and enjoy life, be active, be vocal and be passionate – we would love to hear from you so please do get in touch.
So if you want cheap insurance for over 50’s, help on how to plan for retirement, or just to be generally informed and entertained why not register with us today.
