Evesham Technology: The British Computer Empire That Collapsed

Before Britain bought computers with one click, it bought them from thick magazine pages. Evesham Micros began in a quiet Worcestershire town, selling software for the home computers of the 1980s. But as the PC age arrived, it became something much bigger: a trusted British builder of custom machines for homes, schools, councils, offices, and families stepping into the internet era. Its beige towers were not just computers. They were the machines where students learned ICT, parents sent their first emails, and households discovered broadband for the first time. For years, Evesham mastered a world built on magazine reviews, telephone orders, local assembly, and trust. Then the world changed. The internet made comparison instant. Dell brought global scale. Laptops replaced custom desktops. And the same digital future Evesham helped Britain access slowly dismantled the business model that made it powerful. This is the story of Evesham Technology — the British PC builder that sold the future on paper, then vanished when the future moved online. #EveshamTechnology #BritishComputing #TechHistory