EBB History
Elliott Baxter has a history going back over 90 years. Below are listed some key dates:
Alan Elliott
1922
Alan George Elliott forms the company with partner Baxter, who bows out the same year
1948
John Elliott, Alan's son, joins the company
1957
Mr EBB is born
1959
Recruitment drive builds team to support growth
Alan George Elliott forms the company with partner Baxter, who bows out the same year
1948
John Elliott, Alan's son, joins the company
1957
Mr EBB is born
1959
Recruitment drive builds team to support growth
John Elliott
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Mr EBB
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EBB vans in the 60's by St Paul's Cathedral - a stone's throw from the original offices in Farringdon Street
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Fred Lapham delivering in London, 1960's
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EBB staff, 1970s
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1965
Company leaves central London and moves office to church hall near Twickenham 1967 Warehousing moves from Brixton to Mitcham 1972 Company moves to brand new offices and warehouse at Isleworth 1977 Founder's grandson, Jeremy, joins the company followed by his brother Tim three years later |
EBB vehicles lined up outside Isleworth premises
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1981
Same day deliveries increase. Stock capacity hits 2,000 tonnes
1982
Sixtieth anniversary. EBBservice is computerised to handle growing sales, running at some 150 orders a day
1984
Second sales office and warehouse opens at Coulsdon
1985
Tim Elliott takes over as Managing Director; John Elliott becomes Chairman
1986
Third sales office and warehouse opens at Charlton. Sales running at 12,000 tonnes of paper delivered and £12 million turnover
1988
Fourth sales office and warehouse opens at Wokingham
1991
HQ moves to new purpose-built premises at Feltham near Heathrow. John Elliott retires after 44 years building the company
1994
Fifth sales office and warehouse opens at Watford
1996
Coulsdon facility relocates to new larger premises at Croydon
1997
75th anniversary, a commemorative coin made to mark the occasion is now stored in the archives of The British Museum
Same day deliveries increase. Stock capacity hits 2,000 tonnes
1982
Sixtieth anniversary. EBBservice is computerised to handle growing sales, running at some 150 orders a day
1984
Second sales office and warehouse opens at Coulsdon
1985
Tim Elliott takes over as Managing Director; John Elliott becomes Chairman
1986
Third sales office and warehouse opens at Charlton. Sales running at 12,000 tonnes of paper delivered and £12 million turnover
1988
Fourth sales office and warehouse opens at Wokingham
1991
HQ moves to new purpose-built premises at Feltham near Heathrow. John Elliott retires after 44 years building the company
1994
Fifth sales office and warehouse opens at Watford
1996
Coulsdon facility relocates to new larger premises at Croydon
1997
75th anniversary, a commemorative coin made to mark the occasion is now stored in the archives of The British Museum
EBB vans in the new millennium, outside our purpose built HQ near Heathrow Airport
Tim Elliott with one of the new vehicles
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1999
Company acquires Howard Davies Paper based in Southampton 2000 Wokingham moves to new premises in Farnborough. Charlton moves just down the road to a purpose built warehouse and sales office. EBB goes on THE WEB! 2002 80th anniversary as sales hit £65 million 2004 EBB acquires York & Ford Southern as Littlehampton becomes Branch seven 2004 EBB buys rival merchant H V Beever 2005 Founder's great grandson, Matthew, joins the company 25 years to the day his father joined 2006 EBB takes over Moorgate Paper's West Country operations as Yeovil becomes Branch No 9 |
2007
85th anniversary as sales hit £80million. Branch No 10 opens in Manchester, and the company goes live on its new £1million computer system
2008
Branch No 11 opens in Sheffield
2009
Birmingham branch moves to a purpose-built warehouse and sales office – doubling its capacity, whilst the Yeovil facility moves to Bristol
2010
Branch opens in Newcastle
2011
Bristol branch moves to a larger facility
85th anniversary as sales hit £80million. Branch No 10 opens in Manchester, and the company goes live on its new £1million computer system
2008
Branch No 11 opens in Sheffield
2009
Birmingham branch moves to a purpose-built warehouse and sales office – doubling its capacity, whilst the Yeovil facility moves to Bristol
2010
Branch opens in Newcastle
2011
Bristol branch moves to a larger facility
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2012
90th anniversary as sales hit £96 million. EBB adds a new branch in Glasgow and also buys Denian Office. Tim Elliott becomes Chairman with his son Matthew stepping up to become Managing Director. 2014 EBB takes over Cell Limited, adding a cartonboard and packaging division to the Company 2015 EBB moves to a larger Manchester warehouse, and moves out of our site in Charlton into a purpose built facility in Thurrock 2016 EBB head office moves to Farnborough 2019 EBB acquires UniBoard Ltd in Ireland 2020 EBB acquires Warren Board. UniBoard open new, bigger facility and expands into Northern Ireland. 2022 EBB turns 100 and celebrates with a party in London close to where it all began in 1922. |
Tim and Matt Elliott at the EBB 90th celebrations
EBB staff, 2012
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