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BOSS INDUSTRY AWARDS BOSS Today #42

A NIGHT OF

TOWERING

ACHIEVEMENTS

The OP industry enjoys another sparkling night beside the Thames.

nce again, the Tower Hotel in the moment to explain the work of the As always, the Awards culminated in
Ocentre of London was the venue on BOSS Business Supplies Charity and the presentation of the Outstanding
the 29th November for the BOSS Awards, to introduce the ‘silent auction’ of 10 Achievement Award, this year to Philip
the widely-acknowledged highlight of the prizes that were to be bid for during Beer of Hamelin, whose initial comment
industry’s year. the course of the evening, including a on arrival on the stage was “What have
There were already a fair number of framed boxing glove signed by Frank you done? I’m only 53!” A clearly very
guests congregated in the bar of the hotel, Bruno. delighted Beer afterwards admitted
following the earlier Technology Showcase After the dinner had been served, it that it had been the uncharacteristic
event (see page 9), but by the time the was time for comedian Jo Caulfield to sight of his French boss Eric Joan being
drinks reception had ended and the take over as compere for the second present at the Awards dinner earlier
doors to the dining room were opened, it half of the evening, beginning by that evening that had suggested to
was clear that this year’s attendance was drawing the names of the winners for him that this might be his night. In the
once again impressively high. the four bottles of champagne, kindly event, Beer had not had to wait long for
BOSS Chairman Geoff Betts got the donated by Sean Loftus of Armor. confirmation of his suspicions as Joan
evening off to a start by welcoming Noting that two of the lucky recipients broke an Awards convention by naming
everyone, thanking the sponsors and were sitting on the same table, Beer as the winner at the start of his
reporting that BOSS had had another Caulfield observed drily “Let’s all be announcement speech, rather than at
very successful year, having recruited happy for them, even though we think the end. It’s good to ring the changes
63 new members overall in the last it’s fixed”. sometimes.
two years. Keen to emphasise that Caulfield then moved on to presenting Beer, who jokingly claimed to be “one
BOSS was also focusing on building the the Awards, first reminding recipients of the poshest men in the industry”
industry into the future, Betts made a to keep things moving, by observing “If gave heartfelt thanks to current and
point of inviting the three finalists of you’ve won and have prepared a short former colleagues - including former
the Emerging Professional Of The Year speech, maybe you would like to do Spicers boss Richard Evans – and
Awards (Dan Coshall - Office Oracle, that at your table!” Indeed, she did very concluded by romantically thanking his
Emily Jones – Fellowes UK and Oliver well to manage both keeping the event wife, Kate.
Rowles - Prima Software) onto the stage. on schedule and some of the more As always, once the dinner had
Debbie Nice (VOW) then took a enthusiastic winners. concluded, the party stepped up a gear!

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