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Welcome 4 From the top
Value as a Standard - Michael Gardner the man in charge.
6 Awards
Welcome to the first issue of BOSS Today. It’s a new BOSS Industry Awards - Book your table now for the Major Awards
members’ magazine to mark a new era for the BOSS ceremony of the year and networking night of the year.
Federation. Through the pages of this magazine we want
to share with members the full scale of services that we
offer – to ensure you can take full advantage of them for 9 Briefings
your business. News, facts, figures and updates.

This is your magazine so we want to know what you would like to
read about. The BOSS Federation prides itself on being the voice of its 12 Interview
members. We understand the issues and challenges you face every Up where we belong - Alan Barclay, BOSS Chairman
day in your business and we plan to reflect that in this new publication. explains the value of membership.
But please tell us what you think and let’s create a dialogue so it can
truly be a members’ magazine.
14 The Board
In this and future issues we plan to bring you all the latest news and Meet the BOSS Board - Who’s Who.
updates on our range of products and services as well as telling you
about our work in raising standards, the environment and our
lobbying role. On page 14-15 we introduce you to the BOSS Federation 18 Casestudies
board members – the people who are representing you; we also feature
member companies in case studies to show you how their businesses The write stuff: Find out how the HR Facilities of BOSS helped Staedtler
have directly benefited from our services (see Page 18-21); and we will reorganise. Paper, pulp and people: Hamelin Paperbrands faced a
focus on the variety of Special Interest Groups that we offer such as problem when they had to close their internal HR department. Fortunately,
the RSMG (Rubber Stamp Manufacturers Guild) and WIA (Writing the BOSS Federation was able to step in and help.
Instrument Association).
Now that the BOSS Federation has joined forces with the British Printing 34 What’s on?
Industries Federation (BPIF), members can take advantage of all the
benefits BPIF members enjoy. To find out more about the BPIF log on to Diary of upcoming events.
its website www.britishprint.com
I hope you enjoy this magazine and do please let us have your
feedback and tell us what you’d like to see. You can email us at
helen.dunn@bpif.org.uk
26 Finance
Helen Dunn
Building on your Business Foundations – solutions for the
Giving you an alternative reason to visit the seaside; an Editor Boss Today: Helen Dunn health and wealth of you and your business.
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Contributors: Alan Barclay, Michael Gardner, Duncan Savage, Philip Beer, Chris Swerling, Marcus Clifford,
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BOSS Board of Directors: Alan Barclay, Geoffrey Betts, David Langdown, Rob Jenkins, Sean Starkey,
Philip Beer, Duncan Savage, Ian Doherty
Membership Director: Dale Wallis Regional Directors: Bob Davies – South East, Howard Jolliffe – Eastern,
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BOSS Federation Chief Executive Officer: Michael Gardner
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