Spotlight On... Geoff Miles
Managing Director, The Maidstone Studios
Without Geoff Miles, Kent might not be blessed with such a flourising media industry.
Since Geoff and business partner Rowland Kinch, raised £4.25m to buy Maidstone Studios from Flextech some seven years ago, he has injected money, energy and vigour into a site that under different ownership might not have survived as a media beacon.
The former BBC producer has turned the former TVS headquarters into a vibrant hub of creative talent, investing in new studios and facilities that have attracted programme-makers from far and wide. it has become a premier location for top shows such as Question Time, A Song for Europe and Trisha. It develops local talent and underlines media as a pre-eminent Kent business sector.
But Geoff is much more than a media entrepreneur. He involves himself in the county’s wider economic scene. He chairs Kent Economic Board (KEB), East Kent Local Strategic Partnership, KEB Business Advisory Board, KEB Transport Task Group, part of MediaTree’s steering group and is a member of a string of other specialist groups, including the Kent Film and Television Board.
As a Kent Ambassador, he promote the county as a great place wherever he goes. It’s no surprise he has dubbed Kent the “Mars Bar County’ - a great place to work, rest and play.
This is serious stuff, but Geoff Miles has had millions of viewers in stitches. As a BBC producer, he has been involved in some of Britain’s best-loved comedy shows including Tommy Cooper, Morecame and Wise, Bob Monkhouse and Jasper Carrott. Hit shows such as Top of the Pops, The Generation Game and Blankety Blank are on his list of credits.
Media commentator Martin Jackson said, “He is one of our unsung media business heroes and long overdue for recognition. He is a man who has not only transformed his own business sector but has made a positive impact on the local economy right across Kent.’
with thanks to Kent Messenger Group for supplying this text
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