During three decades of service with The Rugby Football League, St. Helens RLFC and Leeds Rugby Ltd, David Howes was personally responsible for the negotiation and servicing of major six-figure annual contracts with a host of international and national companies and brands.

ISC are Australia’s premier sports clothing company, currently supplying top NRL clubs Canberra Raiders, Newcastle Knights, Penrith Panthers, South Sydney Rabbitos and Sydney City Roosters. 

Fast approaching the deadline for securing major jersey sponsorship for the 2004 campaign, Hull FC agreed to a Howes Etc proposal to split the sponsorship into home and away packages. 

Howes Etc were engaged by Widnes Vikings in June 2004 to undertake a month-long analysis of the Cheshire club’s off-field operations. 

When Huddersfield Giants lost their 2003 playing jersey sponsor at the 11th hour with little or no chance of attracting an alternative major investor, Howes Etc devised a unique prize draw to raise significant revenue from a network of clients. 

As part of The Rugby Football League’s bid to attract event partners for the prestigious Think! Road Safety Test series between Great Britain and Australia, Howes Etc introduced Cadbury Trebor Bassett, the UK’s number one confectionary company. 

Ambitious Hull Kingston Rovers, having signed top coaches Malcolm Reilly and Martin Hall plus a host of new players in a 2004 bid for promotion to the elite 12-club Tetley’s Super League, then recruited Howes Etc to spearhead their sales and marketing campaign. 

Only weeks before the opening of the 2004 National League Two season, Hunslet Hawks lost their loyal and lucrative jersey sponsor, the GMB Union. Howes Etc offered to repeat the prize draw campaign operated successfully with Huddersfield Giants 12 months earlier.