Office Power Granted Stationers’ Company Warrant for 2022
Office Power has been presented with a Stationers' Company Warrant for 2022 in recognition of our consistently high quality of service delivered to our dealer partners. After being launched in 2014, the Stationers' Warrant scheme was established as a mark
Top 7 reasons why disjointed and inflexible systems cost you more
Are you trying to keep track of your customer data, invoicing, accounting, pricing, order tracking, supplier data, marketing and communications all at the same time whilst utilising different systems? You won't be the first business to use multiple platforms. But whilst
Office Power boosts business resilience, scalability & performance by partnering with Microsoft Azure
Office Power is proud to announce a successful migration of our entire platform infrastructure to leading cloud platform provider, Microsoft Azure. With many businesses dependent on the smooth running of our IT systems and the growing demands of a B2B customer
Write to your MP to request support for the Office Products Industry
Last month BOSS Chairman and CEO of Office Power, Simon Drakeford, wrote to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak, to request the Government support the Office Products Industry with the same urgency and consideration given to other
Lobbying for return of office workers
Dear Dealer Community, we’d like to ask for your help in supporting us in our lobbying efforts with the Government. As a Chairman of the BOSS Federation, our CEO Simon Drakeford has written a letter to Rt Hon Michael Gove
Managing Mental Health and Resilience with Alex Staniforth
BOSS Federation recently held a webinar which focused on managing mental health and resilience in these unprecedented and difficult times. Alex Staniforth, record-breaking adventurer and mental health advocate, spoke about his own experiences with ill mental health, challenging the stigma
The impact of COVID-19 on the future of work by Dr Eliza Filby, Generation Expert & Historian of Contemporary Values
Recently, BOSS Federation held a webinar featuring Dr Eliza Filby, Generation Expert & Historian of Contemporary Values.Drawing on insights gained from multiple industries and clients, Eliza spoke about COVID-19’s impact on the structure of working lives and offices, potential opportunities
Adrian Butler & Simon Drakeford: a fireside chat about our industry
Recently, Simon Drakeford CEO of Office Power and Adrian Butler, Managing Director of VOW Wholesale discussed their experience of recent months, how they’re viewing the big changes in our industry and the effect COVID has had on the sourcing, supply
Preparing for the next phase: wholesaler changes, back to business & the perils of PPE
Following the success and positive feedback of our first webinar, last Thursday we hosted another one, which looked at how we can start to prepare for life post Covid-19.The discussion was interactive and focused on 3 main areas: wholesaler and
The future’s bright? Highlights from our webinar discussing life in the industry post Covid-19
Last Thursday, our CEO and BOSS Chairman Simon Drakeford hosted a live webinar to talk about what the office supplies industry may look like after Covid-19.Over 80 dealers joined, and the topics included the changes in the wholesaler channel, what
5 things that will never go back to what they used to be, and what this means if you’re a dealer
As the lockdown continues, we’re learning more every day about what’s going to change in our daily lives, businesses and economy. We’re also discovering more about how behaviours are likely to change when we come through this.It’s still not clear
Q&A with Simon Drakeford, Office Power CEO & BOSS Chairman: What’s the extent of the impact on the industry?
At Office Power we talk to hundreds of dealers every day, as well as discuss the latest events with our connections from both within and outside of our industry. At this strange time communication and awareness of what's going on in