Hi, I'm Simon Bull and I'm News Shopper's web editor.

I've been with News Shopper for two years. My main responsibilities are to oversee the day-to-day running of our award-winning website and also to develop the site by adding new content, such as this News Blogger section.

We were one of the very first local newspapers to offer a blogging section. There was even an article written about it earlier this year when News Blogger launched, which you can read here

Our blogging section is a long way from the all-singing, all-dancing, bells-and-whistles blogging services which you can find elsewhere on the web but it still a way for our readers to share their thoughts and comment on issues close to their hearts.

I've decided to write a regular blog for our site for two reasons.

Firstly, I hope my involvement will encourage others to join the News Blogger community. Lead by example, and all that!

Secondly, I hope this will be a useful platform for me to communicate with our many thousands of website visitors.

I want to keep people informed about what's new on the site and what's coming up.

Hopefully I can provide an insight into how the online edition of News Shopper works, how many people visit it and what pages people are looking at when they come to our site.

I also want my blog to be a way for you, our website users, to communicate with me.

I want to receive your comments and suggestions on the site. I hope to be able to answer your questions and respond to feedback in future blogs.

Let me finish this first blog by giving you an invitation to email me with any questions or comments. Just click here Hopefully I'll be able to answer a selection of emails in my next blog, otherwise I'll have to pick a subject to talk about!

Bye for now.