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Warrens Office Limited

aul Morgan had (and still has) a retail workwear etc. Says Morgan, “We have
Pbusiness in Winchester’s High Street, a great interiors offering which has
but in the mid 90’s he decided to “move developed and really grown over the last
his business customers out of the town five years. We have also successfully
centre to focus on looking after them reinvigorated our high street business
properly.” through the launch - some four years
The first year’s turnover of Warrens ago - of a locally-focussed stationery
Office (www.warrensoffice.co.uk) was brand called Winchester Office Supplies,
£190K, but the company has since which supplies lots of smaller businesses and is “always interested to see how my
grown through a mixture of organic within a concentrated radius of the colleagues across the UK are responding
wins and what Morgan calls “the odd town centre.” The company is also to the emerging challenges we all
unexpected acquisition”. As Warrens focussed on recruiting and retaining a seem to have in common.” As a result,
Office, the company is now focussed good team of people receptive to new Morgan is especially looking forward
on looking after a smaller number of industry challenges as they emerge. to the opportunities BOSS can provide
larger customers, supplying them with Morgan is very aware of a greater for networking and relevant dealer-
office supplies, furniture, print and focus by BOSS on the dealer community focussed days.

PCC Office Supplies

CC Office Supplies (www. seeing M&G as a Chinese copy when
Ppccofficesupplies.com and www. – in fact - the opposite is true! It is a
mgstationery.co.uk) represents M&G comprehensive stationery brand with
Stationery and Centropen as sole UK many unique products in its range,
agent, importing their products and including pens, pencils, correction
supplying them to office supplies tapes, mini staplers, sticky notes,
channels. filing trays, desk tidy pen pots, note
Originally established in 2003 by books, erasers, pencil sharpeners and
Connie Clarke in King’s Lynn, as a paper clips. Similarly, Centropen are
‘Bedroom Business’, the company was the original designers/manufacturers
sold to MD Robert Oxborough MBA in for a famous high street brand of
2007, who is proud of the brands that colouring products and are behind
it imports “M&G are now the second education handwriting pens sold
largest global entity in stationery, as OEM copies of the Centropen
with $1.35bn sales in 2017. As an original ergonomic grip water-based
original designer and manufacturer, handwriter.” industry in general and sees BOSS
its products have been OEM copied PCC Office Supplies has joined BOSS as providing a perfect forum for this
for many UK high street brands, for a number of reasons, including since, says Oxborough, “it is a great
which does result in some people seeking to engage more with the place for networking!”

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