Trinity Mirror is asking employees at two of its Scottish titles, the Daily Record and Sunday Mail, to take voluntary redundancies, the publisher's managing director said in a statement on Friday, Journalism.co.uk reported.

“The global economic downturn is having an adverse impact on readers and advertisers,” Mark Hollinshead stated.

A deadline for redundancies is set for early December, a Trinity Mirror spokesman told Journalism.co.uk.

Last week Trinity Mirror also introduced a pay freeze for all titles and all staff.

“Due to these exceptional circumstances it is imperative to protect the business to safeguard our future health,” Hollinshead added, according to Journalism.co.uk.