Recent magazine features
Hand-made to perfection
There’s an undeniable certain something about Paul Jones, bagman extraordinaire, by Jon Griffin. The Black Country lad – he admits he is ‘a youthful 38’ – is the brains behind Goodstart Jones, bags and luggage designer catering for all tastes from UK style-lovers to customers in Europe - and even Japan - from a homespun converted former manufacturing depot in the backstreets of Wolverhampton....
‘Top 200, here we come’
Thursfields’ new chairman Nick O’Hara is eyeing a place among the country’s elite legal firms. He tells Jon Griffin about his 40-year career Nick O’Hara does not mince his words when he recalls the economic downturn of 2008-09. “It was horrendous. We lost 40 per cent of our workforce during the recession. “I hated every minute of it, but it had to be done. There were problems all over the place,...
A marriage made in heaven
When Colin Foxall joined forces with Nigel Harte, it proved the catalyst for Nexus Creative to grow into one of the region’s leading marketing agencies, writes Jon Griffin. It all began with a dictionary and a ‘drunken night’ in the Slug and Lettuce in Worcester – and now 25 years later Nexus Creative is one of the Midlands’ most successful and well connected marketing agencies. Founder Nigel...