He owns several companies and, when not working, enjoys spending his spare time taking photographs of crazy clubbers and as you might expect, travelling the world. Terry grew up on the infamous and tough Wyther Park estate in Leeds but even as a schoolboy his ambitious nature was clearly visible. At the age of 12 Terry, never the shrinking violet started interviewing famous people as a hobby. Many of his interviews were not only personal scoops for the star-struck lad but chats thought to be important enough to be broadcast by local radio stations. Amongst those caught on tape by Terry were a selection of ‘superstars' as diverse as Michael Jackson (with whom he became friends), Omar Sharif, Paul McCartney, Boy George, Les Dawson, Dick Emery and over three hundred other big names from show biz. 

At the age of 17, Terry got his first professional job as a DJ at the Gemini Bar Leeds, then went on to play regular slots at other venues in the city; Scrumpies, Top Cats, and Staging Post. But the bright lights beckoned - well at least an offer he couldn't refuse arrived and before long he had packed his espadrills and suntan lotion to work as an entertainer and DJ in Spain for two seasons - 1985 and 1986. 

After returning to the UK, Terry was offered a full time job as resident DJ with Rank Leisure at Leeds new £3million nightclub Ritzy Leeds, working with General Manager Peter Smith. Terry was offered his own once-a-month gay night called Confettis, which turned out to be a huge success and ran for eight years with big names like Take That, M People, D:Ream and Boy George making special appearances. 

This was the beginning of Terry's embryonic empire, and soon every thing began to fall into place. To promote Confettis a magazine was launched - All Points North, which was aimed at the sadly neglected Northern club and gay scene. After only a few months demand had grown and APN rapidly gained a presence that was copied and envied by the ‘Londoncentric' Southern gay press. By 1995 the magazine had grown in size and influence and became the subject of a ‘buy out' from the Cronos Group who published Boyz and Pink Paper. At the time Terry said that he'd agreed the sale so he could spend more time on another of his blossoming projects - the Mr Gay UK, competition. 

Back in 1993 Terry and his partner Michael Rothwell had bought the title of Mr Gay UK from Brian Derbyshire who had been running the competition at various clubs across England. It was the two new owners' idea to open it up to even more people and produce a travelling event where anyone could enter a heat at their local club and, if they won, had a chance of becoming Mr Gay UK himself. Again, those clever promotional ideas of Terry's soon saw the competition take on a life of its own and was regularly featured right across the full spectrum of British and foreign media. Interest from television companies seemed inevitable and in 1998 an hour long recording of the Grand Final was broadcast on Channel 5 hosted by Graham Norton and Sonia. Again in 1999 the call came for another show and this time it was co- hosted by singing Diva, Jane McDonald but doing the back-stage interviews was none other than Terry himself. In 2001 the show became the central event of Manchester's Gay Fest celebrations and instead of the usual panel of celebrities deciding on the eventual winner, Terry opened up the phonelines for the public to make the final judgement. Now in its tenth year who knows where this popular event on the gay calendar will end up. However, for Terry things have already moved in another direction. As a result of his television presentation skills, he can now be seen introducing and interviewing personalities on various satellite programmes... although he himself thinks his days of fronting Blue Peter are well behind him. 

In between all this, Terry had seen the coverage of Northern gay life once again being ignored by the mainstream gay press based in London and decided to launch another magazine. So, three years after he had sold APN he was back with North of Watford (NOW) a colourful, vibrant look at life outside the M25 confines. To fill space in the new magazine, he ran some house ads for a few mail order products, which grew into a thriving mail-order business standing on its own, NOW Mail Order. Meanwhile, NOW magazine has also grown and changed its name to NOW UK because people in the South also liked the different look and format from other free gay papers and magazines. In just a few short months it had become the country's largest circulating free gay monthly and and now in its third year of production looks to be going from strength to strength. 

Running alongside all his other interests Terry was also employed as a consultant by LSH Communications, who specialise in interactive premium-rate telephone services, where he helped build the company to the 'Number One' position in the market. He then started his own premium-rate telephone company, working in tandem with LSH, which continues to flourish. 

Needless to say Terry's career as a DJ took a bit of a back seat during this period and that despite the growing popularity of new once-a-month club night Red Raw, at Club Nato in Leeds. Although he is always keen on encouraging new talent and ideas he is also adept at noticing changes in trends and what the public wants. Taking that on board and noticing a gap in the market in Leeds Terry opened his own venue, Bar Fibre, which has very quickly become an institution and helped lead the bar culture of the city into the new millennium. With further expansion and bringing even more ideas to make the city the place to be in the North of England for a really good night out, Terry's enthusiam and work ethic can mean only one thing... 

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