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The Changing the Story programme at Hachette UK stepping up a gearReflecting the world as it is, through its staff and through its editorial production: this is the aim of Changing the Story, the programme launched by Hachette UK in 2016. Major advances were made in 2019: in April, Hachette UK became the first publishing house to publish its Furthermore, in order to create the conditions for socially diversified editorial production and find out what people are thinking on a regional level, Hachette UK announced the opening in 2020 of an editorial satellite office in Manchester. Lastly, on 3 December, a major Changing the Story campaign was organised at the London head office and at Hachette UK offices worldwide. All employees were invited to Changing the Story Day, which aimed to celebrate and encourage diversity and inclusion within the publishing sector. A total of 500 employees took part in discussion workshops led by groups of employees looking at a number of topics, in particular gender balance, professional integration of LGBT individuals, disability in the workplace, content accessibility and even employing the over 50s. | |||||||||
![]() Discussion workshop during the first Changing the Story Day at the Hachette UK head office, December 2019 (London, United Kingdom). |





The group's values
Lagardère's values and corporate culture are founded on two pillars: its rich and varied history and the commitment of the people, past and present, who represent it.Press releases
2021/03/05
Monthly information relating to the total number of voting rights and shares making up the share capital
2021/02/25
Full-Year 2020 Results
The group's activities
Created in 1992, Lagardère is an international group with operations in more than 40 countries worldwide. It employs over 30,000 people and generated revenue of €7,211 million in 2019.
Under the impetus of the Group's General and Managing Partner, Arnaud Lagardère, in 2018, the Group launched a strategic refocusing around two priority divisions: Lagardère Publishing and Lagardère Travel Retail.
Message from Arnaud Lagardère
2019 was a year of transformation and refocusing for the Lagardère group.Our strategy is now concentrated on two priority areas: Lagardère Publishing, our power engine, and Lagardère Travel Retail, our growth engine.


