Hampshire's fastest growing marketing agency, LeepeckGreenfield, has achieved 100 per cent growth in the first six months of merged business.

Now the expansion continues with the launch of a new sports and leisure division headed by Titch Blachford, well-known sailing personality.

In figures just out, LeepeckGreenfield has reported a 100 per cent growth and a substantial client list made up from some of the best known companies in the south of England and beyond.

Now comes the key appointment of Titch Blachford, well-known racing yachtswoman, to launch the company's new sports and leisure division. Titch will be focusing on encouraging local sports companies and organisations to use LeepeckGreenfield, to help market their products, services and events.

Stuart Greenfield, managing director said: "Hampshire and the Isle of Wight is now established as one of the most important worldwide venues for sports and leisure both on and off the water. The recent America's Cup Jubilee celebration, Cowes Week, the development of Portsmouth and its hosting of The International Festival of the Sea all reinforce the importance of the area."

Titch boasts an impressive background. She arrives from the Royal Yachting Association, where she headed-up the south-west zone as a high performance manager for junior and youth sailors. In addition, she has managed and promoted world-class sporting events, along with overseeing and running a variety of marketing and sponsorship accounts from cosmetics and sports fashion, through to workboats! With a number of world, European and national sailing titles to her credit, she is ideally suited to the role at the head of LeepeckGreenfield's new division.

LeepeckGreenfield was formed by the merger of Greenfield Computer Marketing and Leepeck Communications in December last year. Clients such as Vosper Thornycroft, Southampton Football Club, Kerry Food Direct Sales, Friends Provident, Alldays Convenience Stores, Barratt Homes, IPS, Preferred IT, Travel Bag Adventures to name a few, have helped create perhaps the fastest growing Hampshire-based marketing agency.