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AWARDS BOSS Today #57

BOSS Industry

Awards -

congratulations

to all our winners!

OSS were delighted to welcome over manufacturers and set about using that we couldn’t win a BOSS award due to the
B450 people to the BOSS Industry experience to develop the office products sheer size and profile of the businesses,
Awards last November to celebrate the business. We established a set of principles brands, and manufacturers that enter. Just
individuals, teams and businesses who based around the term “keep it simple” goes to show when you believe in what you
excelled throughout 2022. Congratulations and genuine partnership with vendors do and can articulate that with passion,
to all of the winners and thank you to our and customers, these very much guide our evidence, and the impact that is relative to
sponsors and supporters, without whom decision making today and will continue to your audience and then you can do quite
the Awards would have not been possible. do so. When you pair this with the strong amazing things. The way I explained it to
reputation that Exertis Supplies already my team, family, and friends, The BOSS
We asked all winners what had and the customer base it gave us a Awards is like the BAFTA’s and it recognises
meaning an award meant to them. great platform to build on. So my ideas businesses/people for their achievements.

and plans have developed and become To be recognised in this way by our industry
BRAND MANUFACTURER OF THE YEAR a business that offers a differentiated peers is quite something for the Team at
Neomounts by Newstar proposition for the dealers in these Aston & James. Very proud. Makes us want
challenging times. And for me personally I to enter again.”
“We were thrilled to win the prestigious am proud to receive the Business Leader of
Brand Manufacturer of the Year. The BOSS the Year award. Equally rewarding was the DEALER EXCELLENCE (Under £5 million)
Federation is so important within the response from the audience, the volume Go2
industry, so to be recognised within the of cheers and ovation stopped me in my
BOSS Awards was a great achievement for tracks.” “I am normally a very humble guy;
us and just shows how the OP market is however, a colleague of mine suggested
evolving as the market changes, creating CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR we should enter due to our successful
new areas within the industry and really Aston & James growth rate and acknowledgement of
putting us on the map!” making changes within our business to
“We were delighted to be short-listed but adjust to the market conditions and service
BUSINESS LEADER OF THE YEAR to win was quite overwhelming, there was our clients even better than ever. A true
Tim Holmes, Exertis Supplies a mixture of shock and delight when our evolution, and one that I’m very proud of.”

name was called out on the awards evening.
“Nearly 8 years ago I was welcomed to Something we didn’t expect against the
Exertis Supplies to build an office products calibre of short-listed finalists. Being a
wholesale business. During my time I had BOSS winner really does mean a lot to Aston
experience of working for resellers and & James, we have historically thought that

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