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Issue 15 | December 2012/January 2013

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Welcome 4 From the top
BOSS Chief Executive Michael Gardner introduces this issue.
5 Briefing
A wonderful night was had by all at this year’s BOSS Awards, and to
continue the celebrations this issue we are profiling some of the remarkable A new chairman for the BOSS Benevolent Fund,
brands and companies that won. There’s everything from PG Tips, Britain’s and a new look for Benfund Golf Day.
favourite tea brand, which in the past few years has been making serious inroads 6 Briefing
into the office supplies market, to Phillips Business Solutions, a small (by which we
mean less than £5m turnover) dealer that still manages to pack in print The BOSS Awards night in full.
management, office interiors and embroidery alongside office product supplies,
and has also been doing great work keeping customers’ costs down. We also find 8 Award winner
out how the humble Post-it Note has developed in the 30-odd years since it first Phillips Business Solutions looks after its customers.
made it to these shores to become an office staple that seems to have a cast iron
future. And we find out why STABILO managed to romp home with two awards 10 Award winner
on the night – one for a product, the other for a marketing campaign. The Office How our Brands of the Year were decided.
Friendly Dealers Association (OFDA) walked away with another marketing award
for the innovative services they are offering to its members. 12 Award winner
We profile Stanley Vaughan, who must surely be one of the few people to
have won a Lifetime Achievement Award twice. Stanley has turned 80 this year, PG Tips’ success in the office market is inspiring for its owner.
and although he is standing down from some of his posts, including his 14 Award winner
chairmanship of the BOSS Benevolent Fund, he still seems as committed as ever
to the charitable work that has kept him going since he retired from corporate life How the Post-it brand has established itself.
in the late 1990s. Those of you who make it to the Benfund Golf Day next year
should certainly see him in action there. 16 Award winner
But we are not just focused on the awards this issue. We also consider the STABILO’s new products and clever marketing won them two awards.
serious topic of office security products and how they are faring in an
increasingly insecure world. Are shredders and safes continuing to be a 18 Award winner
useful product line for BOSS members to stock? Find out inside.
How Stanley Vaughan won a Lifetime Achievement Award twice.
20 Award winner
OFDA shows it can be much more than just a buying group.
we will be adding QR codes like 23 Special report
Note: Over the next few issues
the one on the front cover of
this issue. Download a QR code Security products – are they still a key draw for customers?
Helen Dunn, BOSS Today Editor reader for your iPhone or smart
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e: helen.dunn@bpif.org.uk discover lots more. 34 What’s on?
Diary of upcoming events.
Editor BOSS Today: Helen Dunn e: helen.dunn@bpif.org.uk t: 020 7915 8320
BOSS Board of Directors: Alan Ball, Philip Beer, Geoffrey Betts, Adrian Butler, Rob Jenkins,
Mark Knibbs, David Langdown, Sean Starkey
Membership Director: Dale Wallis Regional Directors: Bob Davies – South East, Marcus Clifford – Eastern,
Dawn Reid – Midlands, Daniel Godden – South West, Chris Selby – North West, Kate Dallas-Wood – North East
BOSS Federation Chief Executive Officer: Michael Gardner
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