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BOSS Today #50 NEW MEMBERS

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Tangent Office Resources

angent Office Resources (www. we do in-house, which has helped our collection – the Industry Community
Ttangentoffice.com) were established sales and margins.” Hero Award.
on 10th December 2005 and have just Tangent Office Resources were Sharma says he joined BOSS as it is a
celebrated their 15th birthday. honoured to have won a BOSS Award very supportive organisation, offering
They originally started out as an for Dealer Excellence in 2017 and various member benefits including
ink cartridge shop before moving three awards from Integra Business resources, industry knowledge and
into office supplies in 2007. Other Solutions, as well as recognition training. He is looking forward to
services they have added to their from the Federation of Small engaging with other members and
business include: managed print Businesses (FSB) as Family Business being able to develop his business
services, embroidered workwear and of the Year 2017. One of Sharma’s further.
promotional merchandise. They have greatest achievements was being
also recently added a B2C section to presented with an award by the
their website in response to the trend Safer Neighbourhood Team of the
in working from home. Metropolitan Police, for his work in
Chandra Sharma, Managing Director, making Bromley Safer.
says, “We are really pleased to have Also, at the 2020 BOSS Industry
included embroidered workwear as Recognition Awards, Tangent received
part of our offering. This is something another accolade to add to their

Just Run Out Office Supplies Ltd

ust Run Out Office Supplies Ltd changes to our back office workings.
J(www.justrunout.com) is a small We have focused this to regenerate
family run office supplies business, our online profile and after that hard
operating a telesales office. They work we have seen our online sales
supply businesses throughout the UK increase by over 600% in a matter of
with general office supplies shipped via months, and this growth continues.
a third party. The majority of this growth has been
They have grown the business online sales for both existing and new
to approximately £600,000 a year customers.”
turnover, with a very broad account Alderton decided to become a BOSS
base. They have a small workforce member for a variety of reasons. One
of 4 and extremely low overheads, was the opportunity to utilise the help
meaning they can be extremely and resources that are available, which
competitive on price. they intend to use to help grow their
Mark Alderton, Sales Director, says, business. They also intend to network
“We are particularly proud with the with fellow dealers to see if there are
growth of our online presence, and the opportunities to learn anything new
reviews being left by our customers. that they could implement to help
This year during the downturn we their business grow.
decided to make some instrumental

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