Christine Blackford
Managing Director

Christine ensures we all keep our feet on the ground – which is no
mean feat with so much enthusiasm coming from all quarters. For the last 15 years, first as finance director and then managing director, Christine has safeguarded the Newhall business and, working with the other directors, maintained profitability, ensuring the business remains true to the Company’s values.

Likes: Walking the West Pennine Moors, live music and teamwork.

Richard Woolliams
Commercial Director

An accomplished marketing and business development director,
Richard has more than 25 years experience driving profitable marketing initiatives, business development and promotional event co-ordination for clients and membership organisations. Richard has that rare ability to build lasting partnerships with clients who recognise and appreciate his outstanding interpersonal and influencing skills, his boundless creativity and his refreshing, no-nonsense approach.

Likes: The detail, getting it right, his family, horse riding, food and drink.

Anita Comerford
Group Editor

Anita is a highly experienced editor, scheduling magazines and managing the production process from sourcing and overseeing printers, negotiating prices and creating production schedules to keep us on track to meet deadlines. With a real eye for detail, Anita edits and proofreads all pages through the several stages of production. She is also the managing editor of Boughton's Coffee House magazine, a revamped trade magazine for the coffee industry produced by Newhall Publishing.

Likes: Eating out, cooking (especially if I can spend the whole day in the kitchen) and the perfect gin and tonic.

Likes: Exploring the UK with his VW Campervan, family BBQs and cycling.

Gerallt Davies
Business Development Manager

A performance-driven and approachable business development manager and experienced business and sales manager professional excelling in being able to translate strategies and vision in a meaningful way to engage exceptional performance at all levels of operations.
Gerallt has experience in managing and leading large projects within the private and public sectors and has excellent interpersonal skills with a strong ability to handle internal and external relations.

Likes: travel, family time, keeping fit, football and eating out.

Dean Brown
Media Sales Manager, Norwich

An accomplished sales manager who thrives within a target-driven environment.
Dean has more than 15 years’ sales experience consistently delivering and exceeding advertising revenue targets for many high-profile clients.
Dean has the ability to quickly build rapport with clients and can ensure a professional approach across the whole of his sales team.

Likes: Keeping busy, selling advertising, family time, playing darts, food and drink.

Alison Wigg
Media Sales Consultant 

A media-sales consultant with 4 years’ experience, Alison has a background in generating high advertising revenue for respected companies and brands. A skilled and effective communicator with a warm, genuine and good-humoured approach, Alison enjoys building relationships with clients based on a common interest in business development. Key areas of experience include, but are not limited to, the education sector and food and drink market.
 
Likes: creative projects, outdoor sports, comedy, good food & company.

Heather Borrett
Media Sales Consultant

Since joining Newhall in the autumn of 2014, Heather has worked on a number of high-end publications and is a talented, award winning, multimedia advertising executive selling across a wide range of sectors. She is a passionate and driven individual who consistently hits targets and her professional yet friendly approach regularly receives glowing testimonials from advertisers delighted with her quality customer service. 

Likes: Singing, eating out and movie nights with the family!

Angela Thornby-Burt
Media Sales Consultant

Angela has 18 years experience in telemarketing and advertising.
Having worked across manufacturing, renewable energy, hygiene and content marketing sectors.
Most recently, effectively leading a prestigious car marque’s monthly member’s magazine. 
Target and task driven, a positive team member with excellent communication skills.

Likes: Gardening, music and dancing, health, reading and spending time with family and friends.
 

Katherine Rednall
Media Sales Consultant

Katherine joined Newhall in 2018 after completing a degree in Fashion and Textiles, and now works on projects such as Olympia Horse Show, Autosport International and Boughton’s Coffee House Magazine. Katherine represented England in the recent Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast in the sport of Lawn Bowls where she achieved a Bronze medal which came shortly after defending her World Ladies Singles title for the third time. Due to her commitment within the sport for a number of years, Katherine has a lot of experience within UK sport and Sport England which has allowed her to build good relationships within the sporting sector.

Sue Thompson
Client Services Manager

Sue oversees the daily operation of all customer service activity, managing over 7,000 calls each month. With exceptional attention
to detail, Sue’s team is praised for their interpersonal skills and consistently high level of customer feedback. Sue has also been
central to the development and running of Newhall’s subscription systems for more than 10 years. Her detailed understanding of customer campaigns and data handling, working on campaigns both large and small, are integral to delivering value to clients from their customer base.

Likes: Family, travel and the odd glass of wine.

Amanda Sherratt
Customer Relationship Team Leader and Payment Administrator

Amanda manages our Customer Relationship Team, as well as our customers and clients emails and telephone calls. She also collects and sends payments through our CRM System Myriad.

Likes: She is a big fan of DIY, family and friends are a must in her life as is a large chilled glass of Pinot! 

Steve Hatch
Event Sales Manager

An experienced Sales Management Professional with a proven track record of success in developing the performance of large sales teams. Strong and pro-active Sales Manager, providing coaching, training and mentoring to build teams of highly successful sales professionals working as a unit to achieve individual targets, team and company objectives. Experienced in setting targets, monitoring KPIs, performance management, developing sales & marketing strategies, reviewing current market and economic trends to identify & capitalise on new opportunities.
 
Likes:  Dining out, holidaying in sunny climates and family time.

Alex Murphy
Operations and Fulfilment Manager

To deliver successful campaigns requires attention to detail across all client activities. Alex runs Newhall’s fulfilment and handling services and is experienced in minimising delivery times to customers in conjunction with other campaign planning. Having this facility in-house adds real value to clients and Alex specialises in ensuring all aspects of each campaign delivers closely controlled quality targets.

Likes: Sunny days, Chinese food and organisation and efficiency.

Gaynor Whorton
Payroll and HR Manager

Gaynor has been overseeing and running payroll for the last 28 years and she took on the role of HR and Payroll Manager in 2003. It is imperative for her to work with good organisation to ensure staff are paid correctly and on time each month. As HR Manager, Gaynor aims to ensure all of Newhall’s staff are happy within their working environment which leads to a well motivated and productive team.
 
Likes: My new caravan, time with my family & close friends whenever possible and has become a convert to a Gin and Tonic .

Julie Shaw
Management Accountant

Julie is responsible for all management accounts for the board of directors and the day-to-day running of the finance departments, working to both month end and year end deadlines.

Likes: My Classic VW Beetle, going to festivals with my partner and friends, as well as spending time with family and friends. A lover of rosé wine! 

Tracey Pocock
Picture Editor

Tracey’s experience comes from many years as a picture and commissioning editor. With a bubbly, can-do attitude, Tracey commissions photographers and sets up and oversees all
photographic shots for magazines and digital. From initial briefs,
she researches all images and photography for each client project, negotiating all reproduction rights and working to agreed budgets.

Likes: Cats, gin and tonic and Desert Island Discs.

Peter Stanley
IT Support Manager

As a data handling and analysis specialist, Peter has more than
20 years' experience within the industry, constructing and managing CRM membership and subscription databases with transaction volumes exceeding 8 million each year. Peter's in-depth knowledge allows him
to manage the technical requirements of implementations ranging from small scale projects to monthly 300,000+ fulfilment exercises. Peter also plays a key part in investigating new technological breakthroughs that may advance or add value to our service range.

Likes: Spending time with family, cold weather and bubble wrap.