YOUR Andover Advertiser is celebrating a record-breaking start to 2015, as more people than ever flocked to our website to find out what is going on in the area.

Newly released figures revealed that andover advertiser.co.uk attracted 300,000 page views during January alone – and February is on course for nearly 400,000.

The figure for the first month of 2015 represents a 400 per cent increase on January 2014.

And now is your chance to get involved – readers who ‘like’ our page on Facebook between today and March 6 will be entered into a draw for a £20 Tesco voucher.

Head of editorial Mike Sims said: “We’ve been blown away by the response over the past few weeks, to have attracted more than half a million page views already this year is incredible. I only joined the Advertiser in early January but it was immediately obvious the paper has an extremely loyal army of readers.

“But none of us expected this huge appetite for our online news, our web audience is growing by the day. We’ve been making a real effort to improve and extend our web offering, and I’m delighted that the team’s work has been received so enthusiastically and read so widely.

“It proves the Advertiser is at the heart of the community and, with our overall readership higher than it’s been for years, nobody else comes close to our print and web offering.

“I think the two work very well together – readers can log on to the site during the week for breaking news, and settle down with a cup of tea with the paper on a Friday.”

Over the last few weeks the Advertiser has been revamping its website, offering a wider variety of content, improving the pictures and engaging more with readers.

Mike added: “We’re only a small team but we’ve been working hard to bring readers the latest news, features and sport seven days a week. We’re always keen to receive feedback, so please let us know what you like and don’t like.”

The number of people who like our Facebook page has rocketed by 15 per cent since the turn of the year, and recently broke 2,000.

l To be in with a chance to win the £20 Tesco voucher, search Facebook for Andover Adverstier and click ‘like’.

Then email your name and contact number to promotions@dailyecho.co.uk with ‘Andover Facebook competition’ in the subject line and we will pick a winner at random (normal Newsquest rules apply).