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FTs late paper adds UK cities to distribution

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The <i>Financial Times</i> is to launch its afternoon freesheet <i>FTpm</i> in six more cities next month, four months after its launch in London.

The pink double-sided A4 sheet will be sent out to corporate subscribers in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Dublin, Birmingham, Leeds 
and Manchester.

The initial print run over the six cities will be 12,000 copies and it will available for subscribers from 4pm daily.

The FT is staggering the launch over the six cities with the first editions available in Edinburgh and Glasgow on 2 September.

Dublin and Birmingham will follow on 16 September with Manchester and Leeds two weeks later.

The Financial Times  plans to use local print shops in each of the cities to produce FTpm but declined to confirm which firms these would be.