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About us
The Story of Blake
A story of entrepreneurialism. The story of Blake all began from the attic of a house. Refined through four generations, today one in eight of the envelopes used in the UK is a Blake envelope. From waste paper, to perfect paper, to folded paper and packaging. We keep expanding.
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April 1909
Tom Barter is born
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March 1950
Tim Barter (Chairman) is born
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May 1967
The story begins with a waste paper recycling business
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December 1970
Michael Barter (CEO) is born
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October 1973
Clarence Paper starts trading
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February 1976
Clarence Paper purchases its first warehouse
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November 1976
Clarence Paper wins the Westland paper contract
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July 1986
Michael Barter joins Clarence Paper
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October 1997
Blake Barter is born
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July 1999
Clarence Paper is sold
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August 2000
Blake starts trading
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April 2001
Blake builds its current warehouse (12,000sq. ft.)
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September 2002
Blake extend the warehouse building to 30,000 sq. ft.
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June 2008
Blake reaches £100 million cumulative turnover
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November 2012
Blake reaches £200 million cumulative turnover
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May 2013
Blake moves into new Clarence House HQ
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December 2014
Blake reaches £250 million cumulative turnover
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July 2016
Blake Barter joins Blake
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October 2016
Open first hub of excellence in Edinburgh, shortly followed by further hub openings in Leeds, Manchester and London
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February 2017
Blake reaches £300 million cumulative turnover
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November 2017
Graham Carlin is appointed as Blake’s MD
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June 2018
The fifth Blake hub opens, this one in Leicester
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July 2018
Blake USA starts as we open our first international hub in Cleveland, Ohio
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June 2019
Blake GmbH starts as we open our first European hub in Düsseldorf, Germany