Harrison left the scene. An audit then showed that the "Chronicle" owed £3m in debt and commitments, had no cash and was suffering a marked loss of sales. It looked doomed. However, News and Westminster Ltd, a Cadbury company, offered to take the "Chronicle" on and merge it into the "Daily News" to create the "News Chronicle". Their sales would combine to make 1,400,000, which seemed to offer a viable future. It was not a merger of equals, however, and the loss of jobs was borne by the "Chronicle".