Winner of the IBC National Award for Best Business Growth With KPMG Partner and IBC Chair Alan Downey (left);  being congratulated by Secretary of State Hazel Blears MP (below left); Peter Watson, Managing Director of Business Link Northwest, Bob Nicholson NWDA High Growth Project Lead and Mark Hendrick MP (below right). With Charles Hadcock at Buckingham Palace (below) on his presentation of the prestigious individual Queens Award for Enterprise (only eleven granted each year). Nominated and sponsored by Ray Hanks for the Award. The businesses owned and managed by Charles were cited in Ray’s IBC National Award, as was the Confidence Building MasterClass. “I would like to say how much I value the advice that Ray has given me over the years, which has allowed me to expand my business knowledge and develop my business acumen with confidence.  I have been able to expand my whole business as a result.” Charles Hadcock Head of Creative & Digital Industries for NWDA Regional Business Adviser for Creative Industries Interim Director of NorthernNet Innovation Programme With the 2009 NorthernNet team and NWDA sector partners below, managing the £3.4 million Innovation Programme to support the £9m infrastructure investment across England’s north. Co-Founder of CIBS at MediaCityUK Managing Director of biggest Direct Marketing Agency in Europe with billings of £40 million Devised first ever TV campaign for a Paperback - Frederick Forsyth’s The Odessa File Launched Wrinklies Direct brand Revolutionary launch for the UK’s leading Lingerie brand EMI Records chart-breaking product campaigns & the legendary CDP Exhibited Photographic Artist Brand Recognition For Wrinklies Tory Party Conference BBC Select Brand Recognition For Wrinklies Time Magazine ARTICLE Select Kind words on the MasterClass Delegate Interviews VIDEO Select Predicting the Digital Future 1996 Reporting from Los Angeles ARTICLE Select Photographic Art Exhibition Manchester Evening News CENTRE SPREAD Select 1973 Book Launch First ever TV Campaign for a paperback book Opening of ‘It’s A Salford Thing’ exhibition with the Mayor of Salford and Coronation Street’s Johnny Briggs. Link to CIBS at MediaCityUK website Link to Patrick Hanks Patrick website Ground-breaking product launch for UK’s number one lingerie brand Evolutionary approach to the music market masterminded by the legendary CDP for EMI Records.  Every release charted at Number One. Featured in corporate ad campaign for American Express and Hilton Hotels Warning: this section contains mild nostalgia and uncensored haircuts Lifelong personal legacy from this special agency, celebrating 50 years at the greatest reunion party in industry history. 15th April 2010. Website design by The House of Elliott Principal photography by James Nader