A Brief History

In 1970 Keith James Russel and Ian Clifford Garbutt had a business idea of importing specialist North American Indian moccasins to the UK market. The idea proved to be a good one and putting together the two middle names of the two partners Clifford James was born. The footwear was extremely comfortable and it became clear that British public needed comfortable footwear at value for money prices. Acquired by the BVG-Airflo Group Ltd in August 2004 the company continues to go from strength to strength. Although the acquisition has seen continued improvements to the way Clifford James operates, it has not lost sight of what has made Clifford James one of the UK's leading companies, namely quality, value for money and award winning service.

The Business Today

Esher Mail order operates two principle brands :- Clifford James is one of the UK's leading suppliers of specialist footwear, home and garden and clothing items. Samuel Windsor (launched in 2005) offers discerning customers premium handmade shoes, trousers, formal, shirts and apparel The two brands are promoted by over 75 million catalogues distributed each year via the national press and to customer databases. Both brands operate from the groups 150,000 Sq.ft distribution centre in Skelmersdale Lancashire.

Since the launch of our media services division in 1993 BVG has become one of the leading providers in the market place. Our client base includes AOL, QVC, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Observer, The Mirror, The People, Nestle, EMAP, Paragon Publishing, IPC Magazines and many more.