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THE
BOSS
INDUSTRY
AWARDS
2012

THIS YEARS
THIS YEARS
THIS YEARS

AWARDS ARE

GOING TO BE
HOT

Winning a BOSS Industry Award can make a huge

difference to your business. But first you need to enter

ou, of course, know This year we have some manufacturers and one elsewhere before the final list
how well your company exciting new developments with for resellers of winners is chosen. So there is
Yis doing, but does a special Brand of the Year award ■ Outstanding Achievement plenty of opportunity for your
everyone else? Particularly at determined partly by some ■ New Product of the Year – company to get some exposure.
a time like this, when harsh outside experts (see panel). two awards for companies After all that build-up, the
economic winds are blowing, Other awards you could go with turnovers above and winners’ names will finally
have you done everything you for include: below £10m be revealed at a glittering
can to let your customers, staff ■ Catalogue of the Year ■ Young Professional of ceremony at the Grange Tower
and peer group really appreciate ■ Dealer Excellence – two the Year Bridge Hotel in London on
your success? awards for companies with Thursday 18 October.
You will if you enter for one of turnovers above and The awards are highly regarded Many of those who went
this year’s BOSS Industry Awards. below £5m partly because they are judged: to last year’s event were
The 14 awards that will be given ■ Entrepreneur of the Year the judging panel is made up impressed at what a great show
out this year are widely regarded ■ Environment Award – one entirely of impartial experts who it was. Paul Stead, regional
as the pinnacle of achievement award for manufacturers, and are chosen because of their production manager for
within the industry – and by another for resellers specialist knowledge. They put Apogee Corporation said it was
entering now, you could be ■ Etailer of the Year together a shortlist of finalists, “an amazing spectacle and a
one of the personalities or ■ Marketing Excellence – and this is publicised in BOSS thoroughly enjoyable evening”,
organisations to be glorified. two awards, one for Today, event publicity and while Karl Bell from Nestle

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