Experience

AskAdy

• United Kingdom
• Apparel & Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Presenter

  • Sep 2016 - Present

  Influencer on YouTube and multiple social platforms, I review workwear, apparel, PPE for most mainstream brands of workwear, I also create content for CorelDraw on my channel and assist Corel on the Beta testing and their business hub. I also work alongside TV’s Wayne Perrey (Alan Titchmarsh, Love Your Garden show) on our Show Hammer & Togs. I have built this channel to over 1.3m views and have had regular columns in many industry magazines such as HSE People, Images Magazine, Printwear and Promotion and Plumbing Monthly. www.youtube.com/c/askady



The Oxford Workwear Company

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion

• Co-Founder

  • Oct 2020 - Mar 2022

  Designed and produced my own cotton flex range of work trousers using the feedback from my YouTube channel AskAdy - The Workwear reviewer. We had to overcome many challenges in the form of sourcing materials, and design changes to work on the fit as this was essential, registering the trademarks, applications and approval for brand registration with Amazon, producing custom products for corporate clients. receiving the first shipment of 10,000 units and then launching a campaign for brand awareness.



Hammer & Togs

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services

• Presenter on Hammer and Togs YouTube Channel

  • Jun 2018 - Mar 2022

  Creating video content on our Show Hammer and Togs with TV Carpenter Wayne Perrey. Creating short videos and a 30-minute show every other week, reviewing and testing the best tools, workwear and PPE in the industry. Creating video content on our Show Hammer and Togs with TV Carpenter Wayne Perrey. Creating short videos and a 30-minute show every other week, reviewing and testing the best tools, workwear and PPE in the industry.



South East Workwear Ltd

• Company Owner

  • Jul 1994 - Mar 2022

  Joint owner with wife Viv Burton, 3rd Generation 30 year workwear company. Team management, sales targets, weekly and monthly, production planning, stock control, retail management, financial control of business, cost analysis, cash flow projects, HR, marketing through all mediums, sales calls, field and telesales. Experience with software systems, for accounts, sales, stock control, CRM, design, every aspect of running a successful business. Launched a bespoke sub brand Oxford Workwear in 2021 to complement the existing offer.



Abbott

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Maintenance Engineer

  • 1995 - 2000

  Electrician and Electronics Engineer, general maintenance and preventative maintenance of production machinery, break downs of machinery across approx 300 different machines. Implemementing improvements to existing machinery, carrying out pre-delivery inspections of new machinery and validiation of new equipment before they go into production. working on Siemen's and Mitsubushi PLC's, vision systems and robotic equipemt. Electrician and Electronics Engineer, general maintenance and preventative maintenance of production machinery, break downs of machinery across approx 300 different machines. Implemementing improvements to existing machinery, carrying out pre-delivery inspections of new machinery and validiation of new equipment before they go into production. working on Siemen's and Mitsubushi PLC's, vision systems and robotic equipemt.



Burton Group Ltd

• Retail Office Equipment

• Sales Representative

  • Jan 1990 - Jun 1994

  Working in field sales from a van, kitted out with workwear, safety footwear and workshop consumables. Working in field sales from a van, kitted out with workwear, safety footwear and workshop consumables.