Macmillan is one of the UKs largest book publishers though they operate in over 70 countries. Most of their companies do not accept unsolicited submissions, but they have set up a department called Macmillan New Writing that accepts and considers any new fiction. They promise to read all submissions and to respond within 12 weeks, but due to the volume they will only respond to successful submissions.
They trade-off for this 'easy' route into being published is that they do not pay any advances and the rate they pay to authors that they publish is 20%. This may not be as good a deal as an agent could negotiate for you but than again, for a first-time author who hasn't got an agent, it's a pretty good set-up.
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