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PRO-ENVIRONMENT

EVENTS CHARITY
A hundred CEOs attended the The BOSS Benevolent Fund has with PRO-DESIGN
BOSS CEO Conference at the BOSS raised over £50,000 this year to
Members’ Day. Guest speaker Sir benefit those who have worked
Clive Woodward OBE explained in the industry but now need our
how, as Head Coach, he had support. Thanks to our members,
motivated the England rugby we have also sent a container of
squad to win the World Cup in educational products to Southern
2003. Sudan in support of Comic
We listened to members’ views Relief. This has made a significant
and moved the BOSS Awards difference to thousands of children
evening to the ICC in Birmingham in Africa, and we are collecting
and, in doing so, significantly donations again in 2014 for this
reduced the overall cost for excellent project.
members to attend. The event was
a great success, both for the Award NEXT YEAR
winners and for the 500 guests who The industry is facing dramatic
attended, with networking going changes and challenges over
on well into the night. the next five years, with major
In addition to the regional golf rationalisation and restructuring
days and black tie dinners, we are ahead. The pace of change is
trialling a number of successful accelerating: many traditional
regional events, such as the murder stationery products will be
mystery night in Birmingham and eclipsed by new product groups;
the directors’ lunches in the London new companies and business
and Eastern region. models such as Amazon will
significantly change the structure
INDUSTRY INFORMATION of the industry; how the ‘Millenials’
TO MEMBERS manage their work and home
The industry is going through balance - and how they use new High whiteness
ever-increasing change with technology - will change the
new products, new companies, way the market is structured. The Sharper contrast printing
integration, profitability and cost current supply chain is costly and Vivid colours
reduction being a top priority for will have to evolve quickly to meet
every company. At BOSS we have the new challenges. Excellent printability
agreed with GfK a free top level The BOSS Federation has also
report on the income and volume had to change to support the Available carbon captured
of the main product groups in the evolving needs of the industry: we
industry. This will give monthly will continue to innovate and also
trends on value and volume with introduce new initiatives and added
monthly, quarterly and annual value services to help our members
comparisons - vital information for through these challenging times.
making strategic business plans.
BOSS have also introduced a
quarterly BOSS Outlook report www.woodlandcarbon.co.uk
giving information on the state of
the industry, output and orders,
business confidence, capacity,
employment, prices, costs, stock,
margins, profits, productivity,
financing, credit control, pay
reviews, public sector, EOS, paper Visit www.paper.co.uk or contact
and the state of the economy marketing@paper.co.uk for
generally. A ‘must read’ for all CEOs Michael Gardner, BOSS CEO
in the industry. michael@bossfederation.co.uk more information

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