In 2004 Michael and wife Sarah founded Ward-Hendry Ltd, with the vision of bringing world class creative services to the education sector. Michael’s background in the music industry, coupled with Sarah’s, as Kodak-award winning photographer, have resulted in their ability to innovate in traditional markets, first for the education sector and more recently in the healthcare industry. They have now developed and grown Ward-Hendry Ltd into both a multi-discipline creative services business and an innovator of new display products, under the Hotboard brand. The rapid development of the Hotboard has been down to the level of demand from industry practitioners: the original idea for the Classroom Hotboard came out of one school’s desire to instantly publish and give status to children’s class-work, resulting in more engaged learning and improved Ofsted ratings. The development of the Hotpocket and PILS Hotboard (Patient Information & Liaison Service) has come from the NHS’ need to display paper-based information effectively, while combatting HCAI (healthcare-associated infections). Learn more about Hotboard: [http://www.hotboard.co.uk/](http://www.hotboard.co.uk)
