An award-winning journalist with greater than 30 years’ expertise, Matt takes up the brand new position having labored alongside the 17-strong workforce as a PR advisor since November 2023.

Dealing straight with the spectacular listing of Huge Bamboo purchasers, he’ll present a variety of PR help from the writing of content material and securing of media protection, to providing media coaching and recommendation.

Matt stated: “I’m each thrilled and excited to be becoming a member of the Huge Bamboo Company on a everlasting foundation, having completely loved my time working for them on a consultancy foundation. “Having already skilled first-hand how extraordinarily gifted and devoted the workforce of promoting consultants are at Huge Bamboo, the chance to hitch them was just too good to show down.”

Nicola Stamford, the corporate’s Proprietor and Founding Director, stated: “Matt is a welcome addition to the workforce, having already demonstrated his PR functionality to us since November final yr. I’ve little doubt he will probably be an asset to us and our purchasers.”

Having began his profession at The Northavon Gazette in 1993, Matt labored on the Derby Night Telegraph and Swindon Advertiser earlier than switching from information to sport and making his transfer to Yorkshire, firstly with the Night Publish after which The Yorkshire Publish.

After his protection of Leeds United gained him the celebrated NCTJ Sports activities Journalist of the 12 months award, he took on the position of Yorkshire Publish Sports activities Editor for ten years earlier than switching to grow to be the title’s Head of Digital.

Matt joined the Harrogate Advertiser as Deputy Editor in 2017, taking up as editor in 2021, earlier than leaving to arrange his personal freelance PR enterprise final yr.