But the largest increase came in traffic to our new mobile-friendly website with monthly individual user figures up by almost a third from 22,000 a month to 28,000.

SLN editor Graham Ogilvy said: “Last year saw more steady progress for SLN and I would like to thank all of our team – Kapil, Connor, Jeff and Jim, for their hard work. I would also like to thank our readers, contributors and advertisers for their continued support.”

He added: “We are continuing to look at new features for the website and editorial innovations for the year ahead.”