In March 2000 a door-to-door distribution service was set up to deliver a new free Island publication - The Isle of Wight Property Weekly . This publication was a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK's second largest leading publisher , Newsquest - Southern who is based in Southampton. The publication was launched in May and each week 40,000 copies were delivered door-to-door in the main Island urban areas of the population. The format of the publication was A3 , 56 page in full colour. Due to the demand of the leading advertisers and the property agents , the distribution was increased to 46,000 in July 2001. This was further extended to 52,000 in September 2001 as Island retail , motoring and employment advertisers realized the potential of getting their product message into so many Island homes. The publication grew further with limited editorial content making it more interesting. In addition a further 5,000 copies were delivered to participating property agents , garages and retail outlets. In December 2002 Newsquest - Southern ceased publication of the Isle of Wight Property Weekly.
The door-to-door distribution service run by ILS Media was retained to continue delivering national and local leaflet contracts that had been built up in the previous two years to run alongside the former publication.
ILS has maintained the majority of the traditional supervisor-distributor network and has the direct support of NQD to distribute all their national mainland leaflet contracts on the Isle of Wight.
NQD - Newsquest Direct (formally Regional Letterbox Services) is the largest single supplier of regional leaflet media through door-to-door distribution in the UK. By tapping into our distribution we can reach up to 15 million mainland residential and commercial letterboxes each week. NQD is the direct marketing wing of Newsquest Media Group.
ILS Media and Island Leaflet Service is a trading title of ILS Enterprise Limited a private firm controlled and headed by Tony & Jean Compton based in Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. ILS also operate Bag Tag , the Island baggage transportation service for walkers and cyclists. ILS is an equal opportunities employer and currently employs in excess of 450 distributors in full and part time roles.