Helping clients discover their inner hummingbird since 1982.
Established by Martin Rock, Peter Kitchen and John Harris, we’ve been helping brands grow and create an impact for over 40 years.
Since then, a few things have changed. An office move or two, retirements, exciting launches, and more than a few new faces joining the team. One thing that hasn’t changed is our philosophy - impeccable vision and fearless creative, always.
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1982
RKH is established by Martin Rock, Peter Kitchen and John Harris, and is originally based at 21 St Martins, Leicester.
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1984
David Moore joins the team as Financial Director.
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1985
We establish our Public Relations department.
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1986
Design and branding are added to our portfolio of services.
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1989
Our office manager, Tracey Scott, joins RKH. She's still working here today!
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1990
Paul Petherick joins RKH.
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2000
We pack up our office and say hello to our new home at 31 Lower Brown Street.
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2001
Paul Petherick is made Creative Director.
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2001
Paul Sculthorpe joins us on work experience during his degree.
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2003
Paul Sculthorpe returns to RKH as a full-time employee after completing his studies.
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2007
Jamie Mollart joins RKH as an Account Manager.
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2012
Jamie and Paul Sculthorpe are made Associate Directors.
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2012
Jamie Mollart and Paul Sculthorpe are promoted to Director of Client Services and Director of Digital, respectively.
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2013
John Harris and Peter Kitchen retire.
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2014
We move to our current home at 32 Pocklingtons Walk.
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2016
Our digital user research lab, Porthole, is opened by Leicester’s City Mayor Sir Peter Soulsby.
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2016
Leicester City win the Premier League. We didn't technically help with this, but it is important...
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2017
Jamie is invited to join the board of Leicestershire Cares and provide strategic marketing support.
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2018
Ian Moore is made Director.
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2019
We become a Google Partner Agency.
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2020
We become members of the APG for planning and strategy.
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2020
David Moore retires.
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2020
The Y becomes our charity of the year and we help them support young homeless people in Leicester.
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2020
Jamie joins the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising client relationship group sub-committee.
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2020
Debbie Preston joins us as the head of our Strategic Planning Department.
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2020
Our friend Alex Blackwell sadly passed away. He worked at RKH for three years and his warm smile is deeply missed.
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2021
We become a climate-positive workforce with Ecologi.
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2021
We become founding members of Ad Net Zero.
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2021
We receive ‘commended’ status in the ‘Best Marketing Initiative’ category for our campaign with Taylor Wimpey.
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2020
We became members of the Market Research Society (MRS).
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2022
Will Jones achieves our first 'Member of the IPA (MIPA)' accreditation.
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2022
We launched our colourful new branding, across our website and through the office.
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2022
We tragically lost Will Jones, a much-loved colleague and friend who worked at RKH for five years. He is sorely missed.
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2022
Annabelle Harper becomes our Head of PR.
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2023
We begin work on the strategy and branding of a three-brand collaboration for Saint-Gobain International.
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2022
Our wonderful colleague and friend Vlads Lahiza lost his long, hard-fought battle with cancer. He made a big impact in his two years at RKH, and he is very much missed.
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2022
We celebrate 15 years of our partnership with Taylor Wimpey - an amazing achievement.
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2022
We start MindHumm, our primary research project in partnership with Angelfish Fieldwork
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2023
Kieran Gohil raises money for LAMP with a brilliant night of discussion and live performances.
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2023
Harshul Modha, Dominic Palmer, Debbie Preston, Chelsea Levett and Annabelle Harper are promoted to Associate Directors.
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2024
After several years of hybrid working, we make the decision to leave our HQ at 32 Pocklingtons Walk and become a fully remote agency.