MARKETING expert Phil Lloyd has received an MBA with distinction.

Phil, who has recently been appointed development director at QEGS, Blackburn, studied at the management school at Lancaster University.

Phil, who writes the Down By The Riverside column on Blackburn Rovers for the Lancashire Evening Telegraph, has also held posts including head of marketing for Girobank on Merseyside.

He has a first class honours degree in English from the University of Leeds.

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