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Welcome 4 Food for thought
Michael Gardner gives his overview of issue 6.
7 Team train
To the sixth issue of BOSS Today. This is our special
BOSS Awards issue: these awards do so much to Meet the H,S&E team.
showcase the excellence, inspiration and sheer hard
work within our industry, so it’s only right that we 8-11 Briefings
devote substantial space to them. News, facts, figures and updates.

You can see the names of the winners in every category on pages 12 The BOSS Awards
12-13, and read our review of the glittering Awards evening itself.
In addition, we bring you interviews with the two leading award- The evening, the ceremony – and the winners.
winners: Alan Barclay, who won the Outstanding Achievement
Award, and Luke Chapman, who won the Entrepreneur of the 16 Sixty-second interview
Year title. These are on pages 17 and 18. Elliot Jacobs of UOE, Retail Award Winner.

Paper is a vital raw material, and its rising price in 2010 has been 17 Outstanding Achievement Winner
a cause of alarm for many. Tim Bowler of the NAPM puts the case
for the paper manufacturers on page 24 and explains some of the Alan Barclay gives his reaction.
reasons behind the increases.
18 Entrepreneur of the Year Winner
Our Down to Business section which starts on page 26 also addresses Luke Chapman on the work that won the award.
this issue, and shows what we’ve been doing about it. There are
valuable features on BOSS member benefits including private
healthcare and debtor finance facilities, and a look at how an 34 What’s on?
effective environmental management system can work wonders Diary of upcoming events.
for your business.

Finally, I’d like to end by wishing all our readers a very Happy
Christmas and prosperous New Year! No one knows what 2011
holds in store: but BOSS Today will be bringing you news, views
and comment throughout the year.

Helen Dunn, Editor
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BOSS Board of Directors: Adrian Butler, Alan Ball, Geoffrey Betts, David Langdown, Rob Jenkins,
Sean Starkey, Philip Beer Andrew Brown on our response to rising paper prices.
Membership Director: Dale Wallis Regional Directors: Bob Davies – South East, Marcus Clifford – Eastern,
Dawn Reid – Midlands, Daniel Godden – South West, Bob Thomson – North West, Chris Selby – North East
BOSS Federation Chief Executive Officer: Michael Gardner
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