Leeds marketing agency celebrates 15th birthday with “huge” client wins

Leeds based marketing agency, Punch Creative, recently celebrated 15 years in business with five new hires, “huge” client wins and “big birthday bash”.

On October 13, the agency held an event at The Maven in Leeds for staff, suppliers, clients and friends of Punch to thank them for their support over the past 15 years. Guests enjoyed an evening of “light-hearted networking” and the company directors gave speeches sharing some of their favourite memories.

Punch Creative was founded in 2007 by Richard Lowes, creative director and David Kirven (now retired) and undertook mainly branding and design for print projects. Adapting to the 2008 financial crisis they quickly expanded their offering to better support their clients and became a full-service agency.

Fast forward to 2022 and the agency reports 60 per cent turnover growth since 2020 and now employs 25 members of staff. The company switched to a four-day-week a couple of years ago, has a shared profit scheme and has signed the Mindful Employer Charter.

In response to new client wins such as Dunkin’ UK and Hard Rock Cafe, coupled with existing client growth across financial, pharma and social housing sectors Punch has recruited 5 new hires this year.

Richard Lowes, founder and creative director at Punch Creative, commented: “The past 15 years have flown, it’s been a lot of fun, hard work, success and of course challenges. In 15 years, our agency has changed a lot and continues to evolve every day, which keeps things exciting.

“Sometimes it is good to take a moment and recognise what we have achieved - as a collective we owe that success to each other, so our thanks have to go to the team, who we enjoy working with every day.”

By Matthew Neville – Correspondent, Bdaily

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