Company History

1809 William Dawson establishes business as bookseller and newsagent in Cannon Street, London

1921 Messageries Dawson SA opens in Paris

1934 News wholesale business merged with P.W.J Surridge and Sons Ltd to form Surridge Dawson

1985 Acquired McGregor Subscription Inc., USA

1991 Acquired book supply business of Bumpus, Haldane and Maxwell Ltd

1994 Acquired business of the Faxon Company Inc. and LCI (Madrid)

1995 Shares admitted to Alternative Investment Market

1996 Acquired remaining 57.5% in associate company Surridge Dawson

1998 Company introduced to the full market of the London Stock Exchange

1998 Acquired the wholesale business of Johnsons, the UK's 4th largest newspaper and magazine wholesaler

1999 Disposal of subscription businesses to RoweCom

1999 Surridge Dawson opens Premier Park branch, the largest news wholesaling branch in the UK

1999 Acquired the Inflight and other related businesses from the Johnsons Group

1999 Acquired BFG (Holdings) Ltd

2000 Disposal of EOSi – USA software business to management

2007 Acquired remaining 60% of T Cox & Son (Tonbridge) Ltd

2007 Acquired Marketlink Marketing Communications Ltd