A FORMER Worcestershire journalist has founded his own promotions and public relations constancy under the title Richard Bull Promotions.

Richard Bull (seen right), who was news editor of the Worcester Evening News and editor of the Bromsgrove Messenger in the mid-1980s, has been a director of leading Birmingham PR consultancy Clarke Associates since 1989.

He will be using his company to focus on areas such as crisis management, direct mail, event organisation, media relations and speech and copy writing.

"After so many years in the contemporary worlds of the media and public relations, I am fulfilling a long-held wish to operate independently for a specific client portfolio," said Mr Bull.

"I relish the prospect of working for, and with, a number of new faces that require the experience and expertise that I can bring to their activities in and around North Worcestershire."

Mr Bull has a wide range of hands-on expertise gained with an extensive number of leading names, both in the media itself in which he worked in for 18 years and through 20 years in media and public relations and marketing.

Clients already in the Richard Bull Promotions portfolio include Campus Systems in Bromsgrove, InStaffs (UK) the regeneration agency for Staffordshire, and Sonic Communications who are Birmingham-based leaders in audio and video technology.