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{{Short description|UK company}}
{{For|the film released in the UK under this title|Taking Care of Business (film)}}
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| name             = Filofax UK
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| type             = Personal organisers
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| foundation       = <!-- this parameter modifies "Founded" -->1921
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| location         = <!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->[[Dalkeith]], [[Scotland]]
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| parent           = Letts Filofax Group Ltd
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'''Filofax''' is a [[company (law)|company]] based in [[Scotland]] that produces a range of [[personal organiser]] wallets. The organisers are traditionally [[leather]] bound and have a six-ring [[loose-leaf]] binder system. The design originated at [[Lefax]], a United States company from [[Philadelphia]] which was exporting products to the UK. The company also markets a range of personal leather goods and [[luggage]] under the "Filofax" brand.

==Products==
[[Image:myfilofax.jpg|thumb|right|A Filofax organiser]]
[[File:Interior of WH Smith, Market Place, Pontefract (7th April 2023) 003.jpg|thumb|right|Filofax branded and compatible inserts and Filofaxes on sale in [[WHSmith|WH Smith]] in [[Pontefract]].]]
The name originates from an abbreviation of the phrase "file of facts". This name for the product was first coined when the UK company was founded in 1921. The popularity of the Filofax personal organiser grew enormously during the early 1980s due to its association with [[Yuppie]] culture, where it was regarded as a "must-have" accessory, in the days before [[electronic organiser]]s.

A range of insert page formats are sold, including calendars, notesheets, password lists and a thin calculator.<ref>Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Filofax-B134011-Personal-Calculator/dp/B001N356U2</ref>

==Company==
The company was known as Norman & Hill until the mid-1980s, when it renamed itself after its most popular product. For much of its life it was based in [[South Woodford]], East London (postal address Essex). In the early 1980s, it moved to nearby [[Barkingside]], also in East London (London Borough of Redbridge, postal address is in Essex). It was bought by [[David Collischon]]. 
In the late 1980s David Collischon floated the company on the stock exchange resulting in control of the company being taken over by Nightingale with Robin Field taking the role of MD. 
In the early 1990s it moved its offices to central London, near Oxford Street,  and subcontracted its warehouse operation to [[Crick, Northamptonshire|Crick]] in Northamptonshire. The company was acquired by Day Runner, Inc. in 1998. In 2001, Day Runner, Inc. sold Filofax.<ref>{{Cite web|title=History of Day Runner, Inc. – FundingUniverse|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/day-runner-inc-history/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=www.fundinguniverse.com}}</ref>

Filofax is part of the UK-based [[Thomas Letts|Letts]] Group. In 2006, [[Phoenix Equity Partners]] led a [[secondary buyout]] of the business. The deal provided an exit for [[private equity]] firm Dunedin Capital Partners. In 2012, the company was acquired by HSGP Investments.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filofax.com/about|title = About Filofax}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://filofax.com/}}
* [https://filowiki.robert-mayr.com/ Filowiki], independent listings of Filofax models' features

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[[Category:Office equipment]]
[[Category:Personal information managers]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1921]]
[[Category:1921 establishments in the United Kingdom]]