Corporate History
Media Southwest was founded by J Ponnampalam in January 2004, in St. Austell, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Ponnampalam started Media SW from scratch with no business partners, zero capital, zero business contacts, but with loads of psychopathic determination and enthusiasm, insane belief in himself, and a certain amount of luck.
He started the business from a creaky dining room table in a rented room in a farmhouse in Tywardreath, with a BT internet email address, dodgy mobile phone, a £30 temperamental bubble jet printer, a PO Box service and an extremely supportive and tolerant wife. He did this while working at Mc Donalds, and as a kitchen helper in a local restaurant kitchen, to help pay the bills.
He secured his first client (a local government body) three months later. Other government and corporate clients followed suit.
Ponnampalam later managed to secure European Union Objective One Funding via Finance Cornwall and the South West Investment Group. He also secured further funding from Barclays Bank and Act Now Cornwall. Media SW became a limited company on 28 June 2004.
The Future:
Media SW’s goal is to be among the world’s top 5 outdoor media specialists with a presence in Eastern Europe, India, China, Singapore and the United Kingdom, with its headquarters in its birthplace in Cornwall. Media SW hopes with this expansion, it will be able to create even more highly skilled jobs, and spin-off further business for the local economy in Cornwall and the region.
Never Forgetting: (Please click to read further)
Personal History of The Founder: (Please click to Read Further)
Ponnampalam’s Take On Improving The South West Region’s Social & Economic Environment: (Please click to Read Further)
