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Wardour wins major accounts with Heineken, British Airways, Discovery Networks and the British Heart Foundation

We are shortlisted for Marketing magazine’s Customer Publishing Agency of the Year for the third year running, and commended by the judges

The agency celebrates its 15th year of business

We create our first iPad app, for Brewin Dolphin

The Review, which we produce for Gemalto, is named best B2B magazine for an unprecedented third successive time at the APA International Content Marketing Awards

Wardour named the UK’s 13th biggest customer publishing agency by Marketing magazine

At the IoIC (formerly CiB) awards, Wardour goes home with one class winner trophy and four awards of excellence

Wardour produces its first publications in Swedish and Chinese

Wardour shortlisted for Marketing magazine’s Customer Publishing Agency of the Year award for the second year running

Wardour named the UK’s 15th biggest customer publishing agency by Marketing magazine

Another record haul at the CiB awards – 16 awards of excellence and two class winner trophies

CEO Martin MacConnol re-elected chairman of the APA

Wardour publishes its first magazine in Russian

Sponsorship of Fidelio and Die Fledermaus by London Lyric Opera

Martin MacConnol, Wardour’s CEO, becomes chairman of the APA, the contract publishing industry body

Wardour enters the top 20 of the Design Agency league table

Our solutions scoop nine awards of excellence and five class winner trophies at the CiB awards (pictured above) – a record for the agency

Sponsorship of London Lyric Opera

Create re:think project for London Design Festival

Penny Egan, former chief executive of the RSA, appointed non-executive director

Move to offices in Regent Street

Employee total passes 50

Corporate Writing Unit created

Wardour Chairman and co-founder Nick Mayhew-Smith bows out

Neil Hedges of Fishburn Hedges appointed non-executive chair

ITV hires Wardour to run its B2B website for advertisers

Wardour’s 10th birthday celebrated in the magical surroundings of the Magic Circle

Wardour takes on the Journal for the fellows of the RSA

Profit-share scheme launched

Launch of The Quickie – a regular newsletter for our clients and industry peers

First of Wardour’s breakfast seminars, featuring speakers from the world of media and communications

Second Wardour wedding: designer Andy Heskins and writer Tania Hall tie the knot

Lottery operator Camelot hires Wardour to produce its retailer magazine, Jackpot

Wardour achieves Investors in People and ISO accreditation, recognising the quality of our processes and our commitment to our staff

First Wardour wedding: writers Tim Clarke and Connie Armenti get hitched

Wardour wins pitch to relaunch CIS real for the Cooperative Bank, which has one of the largest circulations (1.25m) of any customer magazine in the UK

The agency scoops four top honours and two awards of excellence at the annual CiB awards

Move to offices in Great Titchfield Street

Creation of two practices: internal and external publications

The World Economic Forum hires us to produce its annual report for the first time

Wardour’s fifth birthday party, held in the inspirational surroundings of the new Great Court at the British Museum

Move to offices in Berners Street

Wardour wins contracts to produce HSBC’s Meridian magazine and Lloyds TSB’s Shoreline

Sarah Spare (née Harrison) joins as the agency’s first full-time marketing manager

The agency writes its first annual report, for Unilever

Wardour recruits its first employee, the start of a steady pattern of growth