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BOSS Members’ Day

ALL FOR THE

MEMBERS

The third annual BOSS Members’ Day proved as
informative and entertaining as ever

ome 95 office product was the message motivational
industry leaders took speaker Marcus Child had as
Svaluable time out of their he kicked the day’s activities off
busy diaries to come to the in the morning. His quips and
third BOSS Members’ Day held anecdotes had the audience of
at Stationers’ Hall in London on chief executives both laughing
16 May. and soul searching as he gave
The hall was a new venue, advice, management tools and
but an appropriate one: it inspirational ideas as to how
is home to the Worshipful they could improve their own
Company of Stationers and business and professional lives
Newspaper Makers, which can and those of their employees.
trace its history all the way Afterwards many said it was the
back to 1403, when the Guild best management session they
of Stationers was launched. The had ever attended.
Guild received Royal Charter of
Incorporation and became a BOSS Chairman’s Lunch
Livery company in 1557. In one of his last acts as BOSS
The day, which is now Chairman, Hamelin Paperbrands
a major event in the office Managing Director Philip Beer
product industry diary, was hosted the Chairman’s Lunch
packed with four events. and introduced the guest of
honour, Graeme Chapman MBE.
BOSS CEO’s Conference Graeme has been in the
The world may be in a state office products Industry for 44
of constant change and years and has spent the last 25
uncertainty, but industry raising funds for many charities
leaders can still engage with including the Institute of Cancer
their employees and keep their Research. He hopes this year to
entrepreneurial spirit alive. That top the £1m mark for charity.

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