The brand was originally established in 1845 as George Tibbins of Birmingham. It came into the Houghton family in 1969, changing its name to Stuart Houghton. The brand has grown successfully for many years and has become a leading designer range within the high quality giftware and stationery markets. The brand was acquired by Manuscript Pen Company Ltd in August 2004.

Manuscript is based approximately 3 hrs from London and is presented at many major tradeshows in the UK, Europe and North America. We currently have over 1600 retail customers in the UK including major department stores, mail order and high streee are actively seeking to expand our number of professional distributors in key countries in Europe, Asia, Canada and South America. We have seen major expansion in the corporate gift sector, and have been designing and producing giftware for a number of major worldwide and UK companies. We are constantly looking for growth within this key area of t chains. The company also manufactures for a number of key UK brands.

The Stuart Houghton brand is exported all over the world, with established distributors in the USA, Australia and parts of Europe. Wactivity.

Stuart Houghton is seen as a brand leader in high quality, superior designed gifts and stationery products within the UK.

For more information about Manuscript please click on the following link: www.calligraphy.co.uk