<div class="project-desc"> BIOG TO FOLLOW </div>

<div class="project-desc"> <div class="gmail_default"> <div class="gmail_default"> With decades of executive-level experience spanning independent, corporate, and public sectors, specialising in Marketing, Operations, Licensing, Logistics, and System Implementation. Holding significant positions at Luminar Leisure Plc, Rank, Northern, The Drinks Group, University of East Anglia, and currently as Chief Executive of the Night Time Industries Association, He has led high-level initiatives with local and national governments and key stakeholders, focusing on best practices for venues, bars, pubs, festivals, and live venues, swell as been a high level media advocate for the night time economy throughout the pandemic, featuring in central Government strategy and over 20,000 media interviews during this period. </div> </div> </div>

<div class="project-desc"> Martin started his career with Whitbread in 1990 after graduating from Leeds University, starting out as their youngest manager and being promoted rapidly through key operations and marketing roles. Martin co-founded Arc Inspirations in 2000 and opened the first bar under the brand, the Arc, in Headingley, Leeds. Arc Inspirations now operates around 20 premium bars across the Midlands and the North of England, under the brands of Banyan Bar & Kitchen, BOX and Manahatta, with additional sites set to open in Scotland, Wales and across England. He has a fantastic passion for the industry and his energy is contagious, proving to be an outstanding respected leader over the past 30 years. </div>