The BackgroundIt was way back in 1987 when Ferraro Wilkes first started designing and producing marketing support for its clients. In those days it was known as Addington Wilkes - the maiden names of two of the then partners.The TrainingBefore then Tony Ferraro had a pretty structured and well planned career path. After a four year Diploma (with honours) course at Art School, Tony joined Brend Design, an excellent agency in Hitchin and London. The JobsAfter four years and at the enviable position of studio manager at a young age, Tony as part of his plan wanted to work in sales. The great opportunity came up with a design and production point of sale company. This was the perfect match - selling in his chosen field of design and print.In 1979... and still part of the plan, Tony's desire was to get into marketing. Tony joined Whitbread as a design and print executive and over the next nine years with Whitbread worked in various roles from wines and spirits responsible for listing, marketing and buying £20m of wines and spirits a year, to brand marketing. Tony left Whitbread as Marketing Manager of Beefeater Restaurants and sitting on the Beefeater Board in 1988 to join Addington Wilkes - the agency he and Diane his wife had co-founded in 1987.The CompanyOver the past 23 years, firstly in Bedfordshire and now at the beautiful Holdenby House in Northampton working in partnership with Triad, Ferraro Wilkes continue to work in design, marketing and promotions and latterly with Triad on web, digital media and e.brochures..Ferraro Wilkes TodayFerraro Wilkes today still works - in the hospitality and leisure sectors, for HR departments, Schools and the food industry working with retail clients in the catering sector.Ferraro Wilkes love being involved in the development of the brand, are passionate about the design and content of menus and making sure that the end result of any project meets the brief, budget, time frame and the end users expectations.Web design, build and hosting, e.brochures, digital media, marketing, marketing and design for schools, menu design and production, branding and identity, advertising, HR and training materials, food marketing, brochures, e-brochures