Westcoast welcomes Mawhinney to the Board

Kelido, the group holding company of Westcoast and XMA, has appointed Baron Brian Mawhinney to its board as a non-executive director.

Mawhinney, who will serve as chairman of the group, was most recently known for his role as chairman of the Football League and in 2004 oversaw a reorganisation of the league structure, renaming the former Division One as the Football League Championship.

He has also served as an MP, representing Peterborough from 1979 to 1997 and North West Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2005. He also entered the Tory Cabinet in 1994 as secretary of state for transport and served as chairman of the Conservative Party and Minister Without Portfolio for two years from 1995 until the 1997 election. He then served as shadow home secretary under William Hague, before returning to the back benches in June 1998, stepping down from the House of Commons in 2005. He became a life peer in May 2005. … Continue Reading

BOSS Awards – Finalists Announced

The finalists have now been announced for the 2010 BOSS Awards.

Dealer Excellence Award
Everything Office
Harper Office
Penketh’s
Samson Office Supplies

Brand Awareness Award
Fellowes
Oxford (Hamelin Paperbrands)
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David S Smith – Interim Management Statement

DS Smith Group
Overall trading in the first quarter of financial year 2010/11 has been encouraging, with good volume growth throughout the group. This is led from progress in the FMCG (Fast Moving Consumer Goods) sector driven by our focus on service, innovation and efficiency.
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VOW Announces Exciting New Furniture Service

VOW confirmed today the launch of their new furniture service, VOW Interiors.

Launched as a joint venture in conjunction with TC Group, the new partnership will provide next day delivery throughout mainland UK on an improved range of furniture products and added value services. VOW Interiors will open for business at the beginning of 2011.
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Spicers exceeds environmental target

Spicers, Europe’s leading wholesaler of office products, has today announced the results of its environmental management programme which aims to limit the impact of all parts of the business on the environment. The company has exceeded targets for reducing the volume of landfill waste, transport mileage, as well as reducing gas and electricity consumption – a total reduction of 1,230[i] tonnes of CO₂ in the last financial year.
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New regional appointment at Spicers

Spicers, Europe’s leading wholesaler of office products, today announced Mark Watson has been promoted to Southern Regional Sales Director.
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Q connect continues to grow

INTERACTION, the European alliance of office products distributors has reported a 6% growth in sales of its private label brand Q-CONNECT in the first 6 months of this year compare to the same period last year. Sales for this period are now over 55 million Euro.

Managing Director Jan Van Belleghem, said “there is growth with nearly all countries and the new members in Scandinavia and Italy haven’t missed their start. Our relentless efforts in creating brand loyalty through offering a wide range of daily office products with an appropriate quality and design combined with end-user support through our website, start to pay off”.

New appointments at Vasanta Group

Vasanta Group Holdings Limited is pleased to confirm the appointment of Sammy Bartley as the Group Merchandising’s Head of Core.
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Spicers launch 2011 dealer marketing programme

Spicers is today launching its new Dealer Marketing Programme for 2011. The new programme aims to give dealers best in class marketing tools to help increase sales and grow their customer base.
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VOW Customers in Pole Position

Last week, 34 VOW customers attended the now legendary VOW, Jonathon Palmer Race Day at Bedford Aerodrome. The event was organised as an incentive prize for a promotion which ran during Q2 focussing on sales of Brother Hardware and Consumables.
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