In those early years, the occupiers were Waterlow and Sons who not only printed the Bank of England notes but acted as fine printers of currency for so many other governments and countries around the world. Each week, the guarded black Mariah vehicle, with escort, would drive up to collect the printed bullion, in through Scrutton Street and out through Paul Street (where coffee roasters Alchemy are based).

After Waterlow left, the building was split in approximately 20 different printing firms such as Alacrity, gnu, City Press, Elan Litho, Buckingham. Vast rolls of paper, forklift trucks and machinery were the order of the day. Many famous magazines like Home, Home & Garden that you could buy from W H Smith or your local newsagents were printed in the building.

With the change in the uses class order, the building changed from light industrial in to offices. The old large 8/12 colour offset litho machinery became obsolete and companies moved towards digital printing machines. Over the 1990s, the building occupiers changed, and the building was refurbished to meet new requirements.