Scaramanga timeline
In 2021, Scaramanaga celebrates 21 years of business. A lot has happened, especially in the last year, so we thought we would spend a little time jotting down what we could remember.
22nd September 2021
Business Green Leaders - Communications Agency of the Year Award 2021
Scaramanga has been working for over two years with business energy and water consultant Control Energy Costs. In September 2020, we launched a green campaign to promote their renewable energy offering and net zero services.
The campaign has been very successful, so we jointly decided to enter it into the BusinessGreen Leaders Awards 2021, under the Communications Agency of the Year category. We are thrilled to be shortlisted – especially as Scaramanga is the smallest agency in the shortlist!
16th November 2020
20 years of Scaramanga
In November 2020, Scaramanga celebrated its 20th Birthday. It has been quite a journey, so we plan to celebrate reaching this milestone. For starters we have launched this new website, but there is more to come.
August 2020
Scaramanga moves offices
The Surrey team moves to One Croydon, also known as the Fifty Pence Buidling, right in the heart of Croydon.
July 2020
Scaramanga moves to larger offices
The Kent team moves to larger offices in Churchill Square doubling the space. Thankfully, the move was painless as the new office was just across the corridor.
August 2019
New brand and website launched
To mark the merger, we created a new bold identity so everyone knows that we are here!
1st August 2019
Merger of Scaramanga Marketing and Thoughtful on 1st August to form Scaramanga Agency
May 2018
A fresh new approach to Thoughtful’s brand
As a design led company, the Thoughtful team decided it was time to shout about our design credentials. In an attempt to reposition the company we rebranded and established three core messages: that we develop brands, design stuff and are experts in the web.
We took a bold minimalist approach to the identity, inspired by Japanese aesthetics.
November 2016
Claire Scaramanga becomes a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
April 2015
Scaramanga moves into The Officers’ Mess in Caterham
Just like Thoughtful, Scaramanga started with a two person office and squeezed three people in, before moving to a four, and then five, person office so the proverbial cat could be swung.
Thoughtful hires its first employee
A junior web developer joins, doubling the size of the team overnight.
November 2013
Thoughtful moves into Churchill Square in Kings Hill
Having spent 2 years working from home, it was time to get a small 2-person office, in which we would eventually manage to shoehorn 3 people.
1 July 2011
Simon Leadbetter forms Thoughtful Web
After the anguish of making the decision and months of planning, It was finally time to open the metaphorical doors. Logo designed, website built, coffee made, we pushed the power button on the new computer and took the first step on our journey.
March 2011
Scaramanga secures BBC One TV Show for The Sheriffs Office (The Sheriffs Are Coming)
July 2003
Simon Leadbetter develops new branding and website for Scaramanga
April 2003
Scaramanga hires its first employee
Claire Scaramanga and Simon Leadbetter meet at networking
At that time, we were both based in Wimbledon, South West London. To avoid all the tennis stars and strawberry punnet wielding tourists, we would get up extremely early for a breakfast network meeting in Wimbledon High Street. Although not my [Simon] favourite activity, it was here that Claire and I first met and it would prove to be the start of a long lasting friendship.
16th November 2000