M&R News in Linley High Street, Porton, Wiltshire, trades almost unopposed as a traditional news agency. Currently run under management, average weekly sales are £5,100 with £2,000 a week on top from the lottery. Newsbill is £2,000 a week and the photocopying service generates profits of over £2,000 a year. On the ground floor is the shop, with office, storeroom, WC and rear garden. The residential accommodation above has two bedrooms, let on a short-term tenancy. In 1999 it added £4,292 to the profit and loss account. On offer is the lease, which carries a rent of just £6,700 a year. Agent Dowling Kerr is quoting £54,950. {{PROPERTY }}