Tag: OfficeSmart
New dealer group for Peter Frost?
30 March 2007 — London (UK): Rumours are abound that office products marketing man Peter Frost is setting up another dealer group. Reportedly called Positive Office Group, the new organisation is said to be customer...
Hillfront plans its future
Less than two months after United Office Products went into administration, all is looking pretty rosy at its spin-off group Hillfront. The group, which was set up by eight United dealers that bought the...
Founding member of Hillfront signs up
18 May 2006 – Channel Islands (UK): Sigma-Aztec, a diverse business group based in the Channel Islands, has become one of the founding dealers of Hillfront, a company recently formed by ex-United Office Products dealers.  Hillfront previously...
BOSS announces awards finalists
9 September 2003 - High Wycombe (UK): The BOSS Federation has announced the finalists for its 2003 industry awards. Finalists in the Spicers sponsored dealer excellence award, £1.5 million and under category, are Prism,...
BOSS announces awards finalists
9 September 2003 - High Wycombe (UK): The BOSS Federation has announced the finalists for its 2003 industry awards. Finalists in the Spicers sponsored dealer excellence award, £1.5 million and under category, are Prism,...
BOSS announces awards finalists
9 September 2003 - High Wycombe (UK): The BOSS Federation has announced the finalists for its 2003 industry awards. Finalists in the Spicers sponsored dealer excellence award, £1.5 million and under category, are Prism,...
Redundancies at United as Challenge Consortium swells
United Office Products has announced a board and operational restructure that involves the redundancies of 12 members of staff, as seven dealers leave the dealer group for splinter group Challenge Consortium. As a result of...
Neville and Potter launch OfficeSPA
4 July 2005 - Woking (UK): Elena Neville and Donna Potter, both previously of OfficeSMART and United Office Products, have formed a marketing and design agency called the OfficeSPA. The agency will offer services...
Challenge Consortium is born
Following news that eight major United Office Products dealers left the dealer group to form a merged entity known as the 'Challenge Consortium', the new group has been formalised through an official news release....
United dealers form splinter group
4 May 2005 - Warwickshire (UK): opi.net has learnt that seven major United dealers have resigned from the dealer group to form a merged entity that has taken the tag name of 'Challenge Consortium'....
Langstane rejoins BOSS
8 February 2005 - High Wycombe (UK): Langstane, the largest Scottish independent, has joined the BOSS Federation, it has announced. The company, who left the OfficeSMART dealer group two years ago to become totally...
Langstane acquires Wallace Brown
13 January 2005 - Edinburgh (UK): Langstane, the largest Scottish independent, has announced its acquisition of Edinburgh-based dealer Wallace Brown, which has a turnover of £4 million ($7.5 million). The move gives Langstane, a...
a man’s world
Recent research suggests that office products marketing is getting it wrong, and rather than seeing the OP industry as a man's world, we should start looking at it through some pink, rose-tinted fashion specs...
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EOPA 2023 winners revealed
The winners of the 22nd European Office Products Awards (EOPA) were announced at a special presentation dinner on Monday, 13 March 2023.
The annual EOPA were once again presented during the OPI Partnership event...
