34 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk March / April 2023 - Issue 341 of paper and board products in the UK and Ireland, and continue to reinvest profits into the business to fund future growth. The company will also continue to look at acquisitions in related industries to ensure the EBB Group continues to go from strength to strength. “We are a very proud, family-owned and operated firm,” Elliott says, adding: “If our staff are happy at work and understand the direction we are going, then we are more likely to get there.” Here’s to the next 100 years of EBB! display boards and large-format coated sheets and greyboard.” Reliable delivery With 90% of EBB’s orders delivered from stock, the company delivers on average 750 tonnes across all corners of the UK and Ireland each day. “We work with customers ranging from schools and high street ‘copy shops’, through to a multimillion-pound organisation which spends over £1m a month with us,” Matt explains, adding: “We regularly work closely with our customers to ensure that their sales staff are aware of the characteristics of our products, and more recently to ensure they have a deep understanding of the complex reasons behind the recent price increase. “We always welcome the opportunity to help the sales teams of our customers understand these issues.” A business in operation for over 100 years will have experienced some obstacles in its time (namely World War II and The Great Recession) and the current challenges such as energy prices and the cost of living increasing aren’t showing any signs of settling any time soon. “The issues of today often seem the biggest challenges one is facing!”, Elliott says when looking back over what the company has had to face. “Looking back at the last few years, negotiating through Covid-19 was certainly a challenge, and during this having to reduce our workforce by nearly 25% to ensure that we were the right size to succeed once the economy opened up again.” Fourth generation With this in mind, the company has remained buoyant and more than that, successful, with Elliott saying his proudest moment was the company’s 100th anniversary. “As the fourth generation “Elliott” running the company, I felt proud to be standing in front of 350 of our staff and their partners at our Gala event in Central London, a few miles from where it all began”. Looking to the future, Elliott says that during his custodian of the business, he plans to continue to grow its market share ▲The company stocks over 30,000 tonnes (50,000+ pallets) of paper and board ▼EBB’s head offices are located in Farnborough, northeast Hampshire COMPANY SPOTLIGHT / EBB
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