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CONTENTS ISSUE 40 JUNE/JULY 2018

As an independent dealer, Integra membership is very much about

supporting you to run your business, ensuring you have the right tools
and information to make your life easier.

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Retain your independence Award winning brand, Initiative

Flexible purchasing options Bespoke creative design

Diff erentiated marketing solutions Dedicated IT Support

Call Integra today on 01633 653000 to fi nd out how our 26

tailored solutions can help you grow your business. 18

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12 Stand By Me
A review of this year’s BOSS
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AGM and Members’ Day.
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4 From The Top 14 Insights-X Show Returns For
BOSS CEO Phil Lawson is on Fourth Year DOWN TO BUSINESS
the road again… A preview of the forthcoming 24 Playing For Time
stationery show in Nuremberg. The World Cup and how it
6 BOSS reporting affects your workplace.
Reporting on the BOSS Leaders Of 16 2018 BOSS Business Supplies 23
The Future sub-groups, Business Industry Scholarships 26 Time For A Healthcheck?
Supplies Charity, the recent BOSS Applications are open! BOSS Platinum & Gold members
Charity Day and news of some 23 60 Second Interview are entitled to a Health and
achievements by our members 18 Special Report – Specialist OP market Safety Healthcheck as a part of
edding and Hamelin Brands. Doing It Write researcher Martin Wilde talks their membership package.
BOSS Today looks at how to Carys Davis, Public Affairs
10 Show Your Customers Just the Writing Instruments Adviser at BPIF/BOSS. 28 Navigating The Roundabout
How Great Your Business Is! Association is reinventing A look at the effects of the
A preview of this year’s itself for the needs of today’s 30 What’s On introduction, then abolition, of
industry celebration! market. Diary of upcoming events. tribunal fees.

BOSS Board of Directors: Philip Beer, Geoffrey Betts, Luke Chapman, Simon Drakeford, Steve Haworth, Charles Jarrold, Rob
Jenkins, Mark Knibbs, David Langdown, Sean Starkey, Jeff Whiteway, Adam Noble
Membership Director: Dale Wallis Regional Directors: Marcus Clifford – East & South East, Dawn Reid – Midlands & South West,
Darren Shepherd – North
BOSS Federation Chief Executive Officer: Philip Lawson
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