The history of PSP Publishing is a fascinating tale of triumph, teamwork, staggering growth, unprecedented evolution and, above all, enormous success.

Founded in 1995, the company is the brainchild of three friends and originally comprised just four members of staff working out of a small office in the centre of Glasgow.

However, because of subsequent rapid growth, a new premises was required to accommodate an ever-increasing staff roster and so the company relocated to Anniesland in the west end of the city.

In the summer of 2007, and again as a result of the company’s lightning-fast expansion, PSP Publishing moved into a brand new, purpose-built building overlooking the city centre, PSP House.

The reason for this constant growth can be attributed to one thing: the work ethic of the company.

Dynamic and determined, PSP Publishing has grown from having just one title to its credit, to having in excess of 15 publications as well as a niche in several other marketplaces including event organising.

And all this has happened in just 11 years.

The company’s flagship title, bunkered, is the cornerstone around which PSP’s success has been built.

Now published eight times per year, it is Scotland’s best-selling golf title and continues to grow and improve year on year, a fact recognised by the Periodical Publishers Association in 2004 who named bunkered its ‘Consumer Magazine of the Year’ that year.

The success of bunkered has enabled PSP to take on more projects, such as its three Club Golfer newspapers, one each of Scotland, England and Wales, all of which are distributed free to every golf club in their respective countries six times per year, four in the case of Welsh Club Golfer.

At the start of 2006, the company entered an exciting new era with the launch of three huge new ventures. Firstly, No.1 magazine was launched, the Scottish celebrity lifestyle three-weekly mag becoming the first non-sport or leisure title published by the company. It has been warmly received by its readership and has cemented its place within what is a hugely competitive marketplace.

The company also produced its first truly national UK title with the launch of Nationwide Bowler. It succeeded its predecessor Scottish Bowler which had proven such a huge such among the bowling fraternity north of the Border and, almost immediately, it secured its place at the top of the British bowling publications market.

The Scottish Golf Show, meantime, also took place in 2006, and was a significant new venture for the company.

Having already tested the waters of event organising in 2004 with the bunkered Matchplay Challenge golf tournament – contested by the best pros and amateurs in Scotland – the Scottish Golf Show was a huge new venture for PSP – but, true to form, it proved an outstanding success and has subsequently become a permanent fixture at the start of each new golfing season.

In addition to publishing independent title and event organising, however, PSP has also become the preferred publisher for a variety of associations and organisations.

Indeed, the national tourist board for Scotland, VisitScotland, has built up a significant and long-lasting professional relationship with PSP, entrusting the company to produce its official guides to a wide-range of Scottish leisure activities, such as golf, walking, adventure sports, mountain-biking and fishing.

The World Bowls Tour, meantime, the professional circuit for the world’s leading bowlers, has commissioned PSP to produce its annual Tour programme, whilst the Scottish Golf Union and the Scottish Professional Golfers’ Association both use PSP for the production and publication of their annual yearbooks.

Various other bodies, including the Mountaineering Council for Scotland and the Scottish Hostellers’ Association have their literature produced by PSP, whilst the company also owns a number of unique, independent websites which continue to grow in popularity and stature year on year.

PSP Publishing Ltd is enormously proud of its success to date and is confident that the future looks every bit as bright as the present did in the past.