 Originally a speciality press focusing on Scottish-interest books, generally with small print runs, its most major author was Alasdair Gray.In 1994 it was purchased from the receiver in a management buyout led by Jamie Byng, using funds provided by his stepfather Christopher Bland and his father-in-law Charlie McVeigh, and began to publish more general works, including the "Pocket Canons" editions of books of the Bible, as well as the "Payback Press" and "Rebel Inc." imprints.Byng is now the Publisher and Managing Director of the company.