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The editor
The DRINKS Report editor Felicity Murray began her career as a fashion designer before turning journalist, and for many years she edited fashion, beauty and home style pages for national papers and magazines. She entered business magazines in 1990 and has edited journals for industries as diverse as printing, travel retail, home furnishings and packaging. In 1998 the British Society of Magazine Editors awarded her the prestigious title of Business Magazine Editor of the Year.
She joined the world of wines and spirits when she became editor of Drinks International in 2006. She passed the Wine and Spirits Educational Trust's Intermediate, Advanced and Professional Spirits courses with Merit and Distinction, and is now a freelance journalist and editorial consultant specialising in the wines, spirits and packaging sectors. She is a director of Highsteps Creative Services and an honourary member of the International Packaging Press Organisation.
She launched The DRINKS Report in May 2009.

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The designer
The
DRINKS Report website was designed by Kel Portman – artist, photographer and printmaker and former senior lecturer with the University of the Arts.
Kel provides courses in photography, drawing & painting with ArtBreaks based in The Cotswolds. He also teaches in Greece, Thailand and Cambodia with the holistic holiday company, Skyros.

The business
The DRINKS Report is published by Highsteps Creative Services, Highsteps, Holmesdale Road, South Nutfield, Surrey RH1 4JE, UK.
T: +44 (0) 1737 823365
highsteps@btinternet.com

Editorial
Press releases and any product samples for editorial consideration should be sent to the editor Felicity Murray at The DRINKS Report, Highsteps Creative Services, Holmesdale Road, South Nutfield, Surrey RH1 4JE, UK.
T: +44 (0)1737 823365
editor@thedrinksreport.com

Advertising
All advertising on The DRINKS Report website and newsletter is now being handled by William Murray
sales@thedrinksreport.com


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