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BOSS Today #53 NEW MEMBERS

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Haybrooke Associates Limited

aybrooke Associates (www. in the marketplace and, because it is who can potentially benefit from the
Hhaybrooke.com) was first free to use, it is a truly accessible print use of PDQ by establishing or growing
established in May 2006, with the buying platform for businesses of all a print category within their business.
initial goal of providing an intelligent shapes and sizes. This is reflected in We wanted to be in the thick of this
estimating solution directly to printers, treble-digit growth since its inception opportunity! We are also looking
but this soon evolved to become an in January 2021. PaaS comes with an forward to networking with other
online portal for print buyers to obtain ‘out of the box’ world class supply members and sharing ideas.”
live prices directly from the printing chain as standard and is effectively
supply chain and to place orders free for buyers and suppliers alike. PDQ
quickly. has a live pricing algorithm that allows
Today, Haybrooke’s online print a customer to obtain an immediate
procurement solution for buyers of production-ready price for almost
print is called PDQ which, as its Chief any type of printed materials. It also
Executive John Roche explains, “allows makes it easy for printers to return
any organisation to develop or grow a pricing for a large variety of print
print category within their business, specifications without the use of price
as it is user friendly and delivers lists or matrices.” Today, thousands of
immediate live pricing for all manner quotes and jobs are processed in PDQ
of printed products. PDQ is delivered to every month.
its target audience using ‘printing as a Roche explains that Haybrooke is
service’ (PaaS), which is setting a gold joining BOSS because it believes that
standard for the way print is procured “The Federation has many members John Roche

Go2

o2 is so called because Alister Hall’s suppliers of PPE, masks and signage – that Go2 is seeking: “We cherry pick
Gcustomers think of him as the ‘go-to’ in fact, any supplies they would need to whom we work with. Anyone we bring
person for supplies and because the keep their business running.” on we ask, ‘Are you going to add value
company does not want to be thought The pandemic meant that Go2 to the team? Are you going to work
of as ‘just an office products supplier’. was adapting both the supplies they with us to get us where we need to go
As Hall explains, lockdown came as offered and their business, and this as a collective?’”
an opportunity for Go2, whose turnover needed to be communicated to both Go2 has joined BOSS so as to benefit
quadrupled within the first two months existing and new clients: “Home from the assistance that the Federation
of the pandemic: “We found that a lot working assessments with qualified can give to a business that is growing at
of our competitors were closing and physiotherapists, PPE, branded face such a rapid rate.
furloughing staff, which presented a masks and home office kit-outs were
huge opportunity for our business. just some of the ways we pivoted
The first thing that I did was speak to towards to provide for our clients, and
my clients: fortunately, many were we needed to let them know about it”,
businesses that needed to continue to says Hall.
work throughout the pandemic. I asked The company wants to build on this
what they needed us to do to become a initial success and is looking to take on
supplier to help support them and I then more agents – although Hall is clear
Alister Hall
set up supply chains with established that it is quality, rather than quantity,

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