24/01/05

Independent customer publishing company, Square One Group, is celebrating its most successful year to date; having been crowned the UK's fastest growing contract publishing agency by Marketing magazine.

"Square One has been expanding rapidly, experiencing a 50 percent increase in turnover in 2003 and topping the list of fastest growers among bigger agencies," the magazine said.

The impressive year is the result of a combination of new business wins and investment in key personnel. "Success comes from people," said Square One Commercial Director, Sean King. "One of the things that clients look for in appointing a customer publishing agency is access to top-level executives, and this is something that differentiates us from the bigger agencies."

The year has seen Square One strengthen its already formidable creative department by actively recruiting the cream of NatMag Contract Publishing, namely Carey Sedgwick, who joined as Editorial Director. In July, Roger Baker, who was previously Finance Director of John Brown Citrus Publishing, joined the management team, while ex-Citrus Managing Director and President of John Brown Publishing Inc, Simon Chappell, joined in December 2003.

2004 saw Square One win contracts to produce new titles for a range of clients, including Britannia Airways, Churchill Insurance and VisitBritain.

"We've had a fantastic 12 months and are keyed up for 2005, we have a great team in place and have demonstrated that we can produce targeted magazines and help build brands that consumers enjoy reading," said King.