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INTRODUCTION BOSS Today #50

LIGHT AT THE

END OF THE TUNNEL

appy New Year – it has businesses. Carys Davis our however have every confidence
Hperhaps not been the Public Affairs adviser shares that Cheryl, supported by the
start to 2021 we all hoped on page 16 the latest guide BOSS Board and the brilliant
for, but with positive news BOSS have produced. BOSS team of Helen and Liz,
on vaccines there is hopefully One of our guiding (in addition to the BPIF’s core
light at the end of the tunnel principles has been to connect business resources) will do a
and optimism for the latter the industry virtually. By brilliant job in my absence.
half of the year. I’ll echo our increasing the frequency of I hope to see many of you at
Chairman’s hopes on page 8 our Special Interest Group the next Leaders of the Future
for a ‘roaring 20’s boom in Q3’, meetings and facilitating over Conference on 2nd of February,
you can read the BOSS Board’s 40 virtual events - webinars, covered on page 26. We have Cheryl Lamont
New Year predictions there. conferences and an Awards some fantastic speakers who BOSS Commercial Director
Throughout the year I’ve evening – we hope we have will be looking to the future and
been in awe at the strength helped you and your teams to exploring key themes for 2021.
and resilience of many stay connected to others in We at BOSS are looking
businesses in our sector and the industry in a year where forward to continuing to
the ability of individuals many have felt isolated. On support the sector and
to adapt and pivot to page 20 our HR team consider members’ businesses
accommodate unprecedented the impact of this long term throughout 2021. Please don’t
change, you can see many of isolation and what companies hesitate to get in touch at
these companies on page 10 can do to address it, it’s worth amy@bossfederation.co.uk or
where we celebrate our 2020 a read. Cheryl@bossfederation.co.uk.
Industry Recognition Awards I’d like to take the chance
winners. to introduce you, although
Throughout 2020 BOSS many of you may already
has looked to support our know her as she’s a bit of
members. We’ve been an industry veteran with
lobbying Government and over 20 years’ service, to
representing the sector Cheryl Lamont BOSS’s new
with input from members Commercial Director. Cheryl
to our Business Impact has been working with us
Surveys and facilitating since July 2020 and has
virtual roundtables with the considerable experience in a
Department for Business, number of channels both in
Energy & Industrial Strategy UK and Europe working across
(BEIS), while our HR, H&S marketing, sales, E-commerce,
and Legal teams have been vendor and category
on hand to provide COVID-19 management with senior
guidance and support. We roles at EVO Group, Imation
continue to actively engage and OfficeXpress. Cheryl
with BEIS regarding Brexit will taking the reins at BOSS
and I encourage anyone in the while I take 6 months out on
sector who is experiencing maternity leave to take on a
challenges to raise these with new challenge. I’ll be checking
us so we can jointly represent email’s intermittently

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