Dear Reader,
My Name is Mark Hedge and after 26 Years working within
Music retail & distribution I find myself as the new boy at Cookes Band
Instruments.
Oddly enough I attended Cookes for one day work
experience Oct 17th 1986. I remember the date as the 18th
is my Birthday and I had saved the money to buy a Honda 50cc motorbike (not one
of my better decisions).
OK so on leaving school I went to work for Carlsbro Sound
Centre in Norwich on a YTS Scheme and in the 11 years I was there worked my way
up to Store Manager.
The next 7 years I spent as an Area Sales manager (Rep)
for John Hornby Skewes, During this time I made myself a name for selling the
German Sound reinforcement product HK Audio and won the chairman’s annual award
for sales & customer Care.
I continued to work as a rep for the next few years for
companies such as Peavey & The Music Force before realising it was time to
hang up the car keys & give up the hotel rooms and go back to my love of
Retail.
I was attracted back to my roots in Anglia Square to
manage the PMT Store and put this business back on the map & relocated it
to it’s new position.
Almost 5 years later and very happy of my achievements
with PMT I have decided to relocate my
expertise & experience to St Benedicts street (Cookes Band Instruments) and
have taken up an offer from this well established business to be part of the
team.
You will find me here from now on often in the
PA/Lighting room surrounded by great products like QSC K Series, Yamaha
DXR/DXS/ HK Audio/ Allen & Heath/Peavey/Shure and many more.
Look forward to seeing you
Mark....
