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MARKETFORCE APPOINTS NICKI ROBERTS CLIENT SERVICES DIRECTOR
September 3, 2008
Marketforce, the UK's leading magazine distribution company, today announces the appointment of Nicki Roberts as client services director, with responsibility for Marketforce's third party business unit.
Nicki, currently trade marketing director at Seymour Distribution, replaces Neil Flockhart, who recently announced a move to Marketforce client Puzzler Media Ltd. She will take up the role on September 22. In her new position, Nicki will work with internationally famous brands such as Hachette Filipacchi, Panini and Puzzler Media.
Stephen Hirst, managing director of Marketforce, says: “Third party business is immensely important for us and I'm really pleased to have found such a strong candidate with great experience and a fantastic track record in the third party arena. Nicki makes a great addition to our board and will ensure we continue to deliver the highest level of service and sales results for our clients.”
Nicki says: "The opportunity to work with such an array of clients in the Marketforce portfolio was simply too good to miss. I can't wait to get started and build on the great work Neil and the team have done."
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Editors' Notes:
Marketforce is a world class newstrade sales, marketing and distribution company and the single largest distributor of magazines in the UK. It boasts an unrivalled portfolio of magazines and newstrade products, which gives it a market-leading share of some of the UK's biggest magazine market sectors. As well as being responsible for ensuring IPC Media's titles are on sale in the right place at the right time, Marketforce also provides a full range of independent services for an expanding list of titles published by blue-chip independent companies, including Hachette Filipacchi, Reed Business Information, Future Publishing and Archant Media.
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