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Welcome back after the summer break!
I hope that you are fully refreshed and
looking forward to a fantastic year ahead.

s an industry we need to As usual, we will be having an
Achange, develop and grow auction to raise money for the
and it is good to report that BOSS is BOSS Benevolent Fund, so if you
championing many new initiatives can contribute an auction prize,
in support of the industry. please let me know. Incidentally,
We shall be reporting on these if you are aware of anyone in need
during the next twelve months in who has worked in our industry,
BOSS Today, on our web site or is a relative of someone who
(www.bossfederation.co.uk) and has worked in our industry, please
in our weekly e-newsletter, BOSS contact Graeme Chapman,
E-News. To get the very latest Chairman of the BOSS Benevolent
information, please also sign up to Fund, who will send one of our
our LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/ unpaid trustees and helpers to
company/british-office-supplies-&- give financial, practical and moral
services-federation-limited-boss-) support. Alternatively, you can
and Twitter accounts (https://twitter. send an e-mail to Cathy Priddle
com/boss_fed). (cathy@bossfederation.co.uk).
During the summer our judges We are now planning for
have been hard at work looking next year’s events and following
at the excellent entries for the the success of the 2013 Young
BOSS Awards and making the Managers’ Conference we will be
very difficult decisions as to which holding a follow-up event in March/
companies to shortlist. We look April 2014. We will also be letting
forward to hearing who the winners you know the date of the BOSS
are on 24th October 2013 at the CEO Conference and Members’ Day,
International Convention Centre being planned for May/June 2014.
(ICC) in Birmingham. This will In my conversations around
certainly be a great night, with Josh the industry there appears to be a
Widdecombe (star of Channel 4’s growing momentum for a UK Office
‘The Last Leg’) as compère, as well Products National Conference,
as a live band - ‘Mixed Feelings’ - for linked to a national supplier/
those who want to dance the night vendors day. I would also value
away. your views on this topic: please
With a much larger room this e-mail them to me at michael@
year, we can accommodate late bossfederation.co.uk.
table bookings. Just contact Helen I look forward to seeing as many
Dunn in our marketing department of you as possible at the BOSS
(helen@bossfederation.co.uk) or Awards evening on 24th October.
book on-line through the BOSS
web site (www.bossfederation.com/ Michael Gardner, BOSS CEO
awards/2013/tickets). michael@bossfederation.co.uk

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