Former newspaper sales manager sets up PR agency

A FORMER award-winning newspaper sales manager has switched careers to set up his own PR agency.

Aberdeen-based Brett Jackson’s Granite PR is hoping to take advantage of the buoyant economic mood that still pervades the city.

Jackson previously worked in sales at senior management level for a number of newspapers, including The Press and Journal, Evening Express, Aberdeen, Western Daily Press, Bristol Evening Post, The Herald and Glasgow Evening Times, and Scottish Farmer.

He also has experience in magazines, television and online media.