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Reach Leeds readers every morning with The Leeds Brief.

The Leeds Brief is Leeds's free morning news email: the news, weather and what's on in one quick, friendly read, Monday to Saturday at 7am. It's made in Leeds, for Leeds, and read by people who live and work here.

Why advertise with us

  • Local readers, not clicks from anywhere. Our readers signed up because they want to know what's happening in Leeds.
  • In the inbox at 7am. About 250 readers get the free daily Brief by email, plus readers on the web. Open rate around 54%, about 80 opens per issue.
  • One sponsor at a time. Your message isn't lost in a page of ads. Every sponsor block is clearly labelled as sponsored.
  • Written to fit. A short, friendly message in the same voice as the rest of the Brief, with a button straight to your site.

Sponsor slots run in the free edition. Figures from our own Ghost reports, as of 11 November 2026.

Packages

All prices are in GBP and are plus VAT at 20%. Founding sponsor rates are about a third off: book by 30 November 2026 and you get the founding price for any dates up to 28 February 2027.

Daily sponsor line

"The Leeds Brief is brought to you by [your business]" near the top of the email. Up to 25 words and one link. One sponsor per issue.

  • Per issue: £8 + VAT (founding £5 + VAT)
  • Per week (6 issues, Monday to Saturday): £30 + VAT (founding £20 + VAT)

Weekend Wrap Up sponsor

Saturday's round-up of the week plus what's on this weekend. Your name in the header, up to 60 words, your logo and one link. One sponsor per Saturday.

  • One Saturday: £18 + VAT (founding £12 + VAT)
  • Four Saturdays: £60 + VAT (founding £40 + VAT)

What's on listings

A labelled listing in "This week in Leeds" (or, on Saturday, "What's On in Leeds This Weekend"). Free editorial listings stay; paid ones are clearly marked Sponsored and never buy news coverage. Up to four paid listings in any one issue, and at most one featured listing with a photo.

Email Will at fitwcentral+leeds@gmail.com with the date or dates, your copy and a link, plus a JPEG if you want a featured listing. Will checks it fits a local news email, then we send a VAT invoice from Other Side Marketing Ltd. Pay by bank transfer before it runs.

  • Standard listing: two or three lines of plain text plus one link (event name, venue, date and time, ticket or info URL). No logo. £4 + VAT (founding £2.50 + VAT)
  • Featured listing: the same copy plus one small photo (you supply a JPEG; we crop it to a fixed thumbnail). One featured listing per issue. £7.50 + VAT (founding £5 + VAT)
  • Monthly venue pack: up to eight standard listings in The Leeds Brief in one calendar month, used across Monday to Saturday as the dates fall. Unused slots do not roll over. A featured photo upgrade is charged per use on top. £20 + VAT (founding £14 + VAT)

Short, labelled listings in the daily email.

  • Standard job listing: 30 days on the jobs page (role, employer, short description, one link). £8 + VAT (founding £5 + VAT)
  • Featured job listing: the same, plus a line in 3 issues including one Saturday. £14 + VAT (founding £9 + VAT)
  • Leeds business of the week: an 80-word feature on Monday, then a mention Tuesday to Saturday. £25 + VAT (founding £18 + VAT)

Saturday classifieds

A classifieds section in the Weekend Wrap Up. Up to 30 words of plain text plus a link or phone number. Good for local services, tradespeople, clubs, rooms to let and items for sale.

  • One Saturday: £3 + VAT (founding £2 + VAT)
  • Four Saturdays: £10 + VAT (founding £6 + VAT)

Best of Leeds 2027 awards

Our reader-voted awards run from January to March 2027. Title sponsor: £200 + VAT (one only). Category sponsor: £35 + VAT (16 categories, one sponsor each). Winner badge pack: £20 + VAT. Sponsors don't influence the results. See the Best of Leeds 2027 page or download the rate card (PDF).

How it works

  1. Email us with your business, the package and your dates. We confirm and send a VAT invoice from Other Side Marketing Ltd, payable by bank transfer before your slot runs.
  2. Send your words and link two working days before. We're happy to help write them.
  3. Afterwards, we send you the opens and clicks for your issues.

All paid content is labelled "Sponsored", and sponsors don't buy news coverage. We only take ads that suit a local news email, and slots go to whoever books first.

Get in touch

Email fitwcentral+leeds@gmail.com (Will, The Leeds Brief) with your business name, what you'd like to promote and roughly when, and we'll come back to you.