Milestones

May 1998
Andrew Hutchings and his wife Anna-Louise established Universal Copywriters, and began working with London-based global investment management companies.

June 1998
We began working with publishers of commercial intelligence and specialist newspapers.

September 1999
We entered the Australian market.

January 1999
We entered the US market, working with investment management companies in New York City.

April 2000
The bubble in technology share prices burst. This was the beginning of a challenging three years for the entire financial services industry. Nevertheless, our business continued to grow.

May 2000
We entered the Canadian market.

January 2001
W e began working for our first global custodian bank client, liaising with executives in London and New York.

September 2001
We began working for our first Swiss private banking client.

May 2004
We entered the Hong Kong market.

January – April 2005
We undertook our largest ever assignment - for a publisher of commercial intelligence. We had eight of our associates working simultaneously on this project. Service for all other clients continued as normal.

September 2005 – January 2006
We substantially expanded our network of associates in response to the demands of our growing client base.

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