Keeping any business running for more than 100 years is an incredible achievement. Doing it in a niche area like number plates even more so. So, hats off to Jepson and Co, which is celebrating its 130 year anniversary.
The company was set up in 1894 as a sweet shop and tobacconist, before moving into the business of producing hand-painted registrations for the emerging pioneer cars and bikes, then on to pre-produced number plates. It’s the oldest number plate manufacturer in the world, supplying many UK bike dealers, and also distributes kits, machinery, printers and supplies to the trade, for the production of plates.
“When I reflect that our business has gone from a man simply hand-painting numbers on the side of colliery wagons to a group with £20m turnover supplying a quarter of the AM100, it’s been a fantastic journey,” said Jepson & Co chairman Peter Jepson. www.jepsonandco.com