Since 1982, the Union Jack has been bringing news stories, features and sports from Britain, along with information on the British community, clubs and organisations in the U.S.

Our advertisers are unique too. In most issues you'll find British pubs and restaurants that will whet your appetite; Great deals on flights back home; Car hire companies; Vacation accommodation; Immigration attorneys;  Restaurants and shops, to videotape conversions, and British memorabilia . . . there's something for everyone!

With a 220,000-plus readership consisting of British transplants as well as holidaymakers and Anglophiles. Why not join them?

The Union Jack 's website established in 1996 regularly brings in over 14,000 hits per day drawing even more attention to its' advertisers through a categorized resource listing on several major pages, as well as providing information and a sampling of what readers might expect to find in each issue.

SOME READER DEMOGRAPHICS

• Approximately 80% of our readership consists of expatriate British people with 20% being second generation Britons and general business interest readers.

• Being a national British publication enables the Union Jack to help market companies and small businesses seeking trade through the British community anywhere in the United States. Mail order has proved to be particularly successful for many companies.

• The Union Jack is a tabloid newspaper averaging 24/28 pages and is published monthly.
  
  Distributors include British pubs, restaurants, speciality stores, travel firms, British automobile repairs and other establishments that Britons might frequent. British government offices, including all British consulates and many chapters of the British American Chamber of Commerce nationwide, as well as British Tourist Authority offices receive papers each month.

About Our Readers
(based on a recent survey)

• 53.5% of Union Jack readers are female, 46.5% male.

• 64.5% are married — 35.5% are single

• 52% of Union Jack readers are U.S. Citizens, 38% permanent resident status.

• 71.7% of readers patronize our advertisers regularly.

• 36.2% have purchased an item(s) or service from an advertiser in Union Jack costing between $21 - $50
      10.7%   $51 - $100
      8.3%     $101 - $200
      25.5%   $201 or more

• 68.3% of Union Jack readers own their own home.

• Average family income of a Union Jack reader:
  25.4% over $45,000
  44.7% over $79,000
  17% over $95,000

• 53.8% of Union Jack readers read our publication cover-to-cover
  23.6% read more than one section
  22.6% browse through most of paper.

• Union Jack is read by 3.2 readers per copy on average.

• 28.2% of households keep Union Jack around for more than 30 days.

• 24.8%  keep Union Jack around for more than 14 to 30 days.

• 20.2%  keep Union Jack around for more than 8 to 13 days.

• 26.8%  keep Union Jack around for more than 7 days

• 72% of our readers have had more than two visitors from the UK in the last 18 months;

• 73% plan travel to Britain in the next 18 months;

• 43% use rental cars during their trip;

• 65% use trains or buses instead or as well as cars;

• 63.5% will stay in a hotel and/or a B&B in Britain.

Services or product items purchased by Union Jack readers include:

Books/Records/CDs	12.6%
British Pubs/Restaurants	47.6%
Car Rental	26.2%
Food/Specialty Shops	42.3%
Financial/Investment	22.5%
Genealogists	4.7%
Immigration Attorneys	29.3%
Import/Export/Shipping	21.4%
Insurance (Personal & Health)	23.2%
Long-Distance Telephone	24.3%
Websites/Mail Order/Gifts etc.	19.3%
Newspapers or Magazines	22.3%
Real Estate	9.7%
Special Events (Concerts, Movies, PPV-TV)	29.1%
Sportswear/Sporting Goods	10.8%
Travel Services	24.1%
Videos and/or Video Conversion	26.9%

Contact Information

We can be reached at our main offices:

PO BOX 1823
LA MESA, CA 91944
(619) 466-3129
Toll Free: 1(800) 262-7305
Email: ujnews@ujnews.com