Advising on PR and fundraising for the rescue cattery which serves the Darlington, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, Sunderland, North Yorkshire and South Durham areas. Set up just outside Darlington, with aim of rehoming 120 rescued cats in its first year, the Cat Hub successfully rehomed 300 cats in its first 12 months, helping to reduce the number of abandoned and neglected cats on the streets, promoting responsible cat ownership and reducing the numbers of unwanted kittens through its neutering programme.

Volunteer Mentor helping North East sports and community clubs to thrive so that they can transform the lives of disadvantaged young people and strengthen their communities.

PR for Property, Law and Accountancy. I established Reay Public Relations to provide a public relations service focussed on the needs of legal services, accountancy and property businesses. This grew as we took on a number of clients from other sectors using my knowledge and experience of industrial public relations and destination marketing.Key clients have included Lambert Smith Hampton, Gladman Developments, Dodds Brown, GJS Dillon, Blue Marble Asset Management, Wynyard Business Park, CALA Homes, CALA Properties and CALA Finance, FBC Manby Bowdler, George Green, Bentley Jennison and McKinseys.All of our clients punch well above their weight when it comes to media relations coverage, gaining a much greater share of voice than most of their competitors, delivering a real bang for their marketing buck.We work best as part of our client's team to deliver on-going campaigns, as Public Relations is most effective in the long term, as it is regular coverage in media and on social networks which builds awareness and reputation.

Whitfield Rush was a strategic communications consultancy, advising on the optimisation of marketing communications and public relations resources.Key clients included one of the world’s largest food companies and a top four accountancy practice.

Before setting up my own consultancy, I was a director of Grayling, heading up the Leeds, Nottingham and Birmingham offices. I was responsible for national and regional accounts, as diverse as large law and accountancy firms, the property team of a top four supermarket, university business schools and colleges, food manufacturers and shopping centres, and for handling projects on the preparation of the first Marketing Strategy and Plan for a Midlands university and on the merger of two top 25 UK law firms.

McCann PR was part of McCann Erickson Advertising, owned by Interpublic

Harrison Cowley is one of the UK's largest regional PR consultancy networks, then owned by Saatchi & Saatchi