Pindar Creative Timeline

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Connections Business Started

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Connections was set up to provide a typesetting service for councils who needed to publish bus timetables. A mapping service soon followed.

August 1989
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Pindar Graphics buys Connections

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Specialist catalogue printer, Pindar Graphics buys the Connections business to add to their portfolio.

February 1994
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Pindar Graphics & Routel

Pindar Graphics formed a partnership with the journey planning specialist company Routel and created Pindar Travel Information Systems Limited..

April 1996
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First Interactive Mapping website in the UK

Working with Buckinghamshire County Council, Pindar created seven layers of mapping allowing users to zoom in and out and to pan around. The mapping is also linked to all the bus timetables and has the first county-wide bus journey planner.

Sept 1996
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Pindar Graphics becomes Pindar plc

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All divisions of the Pindar Group merge, Pindar Graphics starts trading as Pindar plc.

Aug 1999
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First UK's Cyclemap website

Working with Eastleigh Borough Council, Pindar created the UK first interactive cycle map website.

Feb 2000
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Pindar move to new offices

Pindar team expands and moves to a new office in Edison Road, Aylesbury

July 2000
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Pindar win TfL Bus Maps

TfL award Pindar with contract to product all bus related at stop mapping

July 2000
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Custom Catalogue

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The web team developed an automated online catalogue pagination system which goes on to be used by Speedo, Lacoste, Barbour & Sony among others.

January 2006
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Halstan buys the Aylesbury division of Pindar plc

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Following Pindar plc falling into administration, the Aylesbury branch of Pindar is sold to Halstan, the specialised music printer in Amersham and Pindar Creative is formed.
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July 2011
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Pindar maps Dublin

Pindar Creative wins a new contract with Dublin's National Transport Authority for public transport maps of the Greater Dublin area.

April 2012
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London 2012 Olympics

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Pindar Creative was awarded this prestigious contract as a cartographic supplier to provide support to the Olympic Delivery Authority in the creation of graphical maps and schematics to support their in-house team leading up to and during the Olympics.
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April 2012
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2015 European Games

2015 European Games

Pindar Creative produce a series of stadium and client-facing maps for the tournament

June 2015
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Pindar Creative move to new offices

Pindar Creative move to a new office in Gatehouse Way, Aylesbury

July 2015
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Rugby World Cup

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Pindar Creative help deliver client-facing maps for the tournament.
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October 2015
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Pindar Creative acquire rivals FWT

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FWT, the public transport publicity business is acquired by Pindar Creative.
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October 2017
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Pindar Creative turns 25

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Whilst Pindar Creative celebrated 25 years in business, Halstan celebrates its centenary. Pindar also rebrands to fall in with group.

February 2019
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Pindar Creative move to Amersham

Pindar Creative move into same offices as sister company Halstan.
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April 2021
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2022 Commonwealth Games

2022 Commonwealth Games

Pindar Creative worked with the Transport for West Midlands Commonwealth Games Team to produce a series of public-facing engagement maps.

July 2022
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Pindar Creative acquires Oxford Cartographers

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Oxford Cartographers, founded in 1981, becomes part of the Pindar Creative business.
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October 2023
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Pindar Creative celebrate 30 years

Pindar Creative celebrate 30 years

Pindar Creative celebrate 30 years of mapping and catalogue production.
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February 2024