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Picture this: Tetris was the cutting-edge tech, and Madonna’s “Material Girl” was rocking the airwaves from your boom box
It was during this iconic era that a special but fierce female brand was born—no, not just MAC Cosmetics, but ESco too.
ESco came to life thanks to the vision and bravery of Susan Duffin, who set out to create a company focused on building databases for her network of established publishers. In the very same year of ESco’s inception, Susan became a Christian. It’s those Christian values and the resilience her faith brought her, that underpinned the business in those early days, and the one that we all know and love today.
1984
ESco was founded by Elaine Wright and Susan Duffin
1985
ESco moved to Finchingfield to a bedroom, then a portakabin
1986
Elaine left to raise a family, and the company continued to grow.
1987
ESco moved into a converted pig building, utilising local farmers barns for repurposed warehousing
1990
Bought our first ever mobile phone, a £300 Vodafone
1995
Incorporated to become ESco Business Services Limited
1997
We launched our printed renewals comm service, partnering with Quadrant and the ambitious New Scientist with some fabulous and innovative (for its time) creative letters
1998
We purchased our first ever colour printer
2002
We purchased a 2+ acre plot of land from the MOD with grand plans of expansion
2003
We received Investors In People Accreditation (and have continued to receive this every year since!)
2006
We moved into our purpose built office building with on-site warehousing on our own 2+ acre plot
2016
We invested in a generator to ensure whatever the weather we could continue to support our clients and their customers
2018
A big year! We became a Living Wage Employer, launched the legendary ESco Connect events AND expanded our office space into our Warehouse to grow our team of experts
2020
We survived (and thrived!) a global pandemic, with no gaps in the service we continued to diligently provide to our lovely clients
2021
we launched our impressive and successful Single Customer View offering
2024
ESco celebrates 40 years of business at Fortnum & Mason and launches new branding and website to celebrate
