History

Elliott Baxter has a history going back over 85 years. Below are listed some key dates:

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.
1965	Company leaves central London and moves office to church hall near Twickenham.
1967	Warehousing moves from Brixton to Mitcham.

EBB vans in the 'swinging '60s' by St Paul's Cathedral - a stone's throw from the original offices in Farringdon Street.

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.
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	75^th Anniversary.
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	80^th 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	85^th 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.

EBB vans in the new millennium, outside our purpose built HQ near Heathrow Airport.