RAY COOMBE has more than 27 years experience in publishing, starting in tele-sales and working across a raft of industries, including fashion, hairdressing, motorcycling and catering.

For eight years he was the Advertisement Director of Caterer & Hotelkeeper and Catering Update, not only responsible for display sales, but also conceiving, organizing and running exhibitions, conferences, awards, presentations and sales training with a responsibility for budgets, forecasts, revenue generation and cost control to deliver the planned bottom line profit.

Revenue generation was in excess of £12 million per annum and Ray had a direct management responsibility for a staff of 15.