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Attended by over 90% of the Nemo Group, this year’s annual conference at Tortworth Court Hotel in South Gloucestershire goes down as one of the best ever. Building on the successful format of the previous year, even more stands, news and views, entertainment and guest speakers were on offer to an optimistic and receptive membership.

The Nemo team as always were available to all, this year on their vibrant new stand, providing the platform for members to preview and discuss the marketing objectives for the next twelve months. They demonstrated the Nemo website which, loaded with product information, allows members to download images, copy and templates to print off their own personalised flyers. Two more new sites will be launched during 2006, first a promotional gifts site and later a Christmas Card site for member’s customers to create their own seasonal greetings.

The benefits of belonging to the Nemo Group were clearly calculable by the admission of five new members during the year and the willingness to participate in the conference was very evident by the attendance from all regions including the Channel Islands, Guernsey and Ireland. An aspect of forward thinking was shown by Nemo’s launch of their 68 page A5 mailer to take advantage of the new Royal Mail pricing in proportion (PIP) guidelines in August. Nemo, as the first dealer group to put this into operation are once again leading the way. One member who had gained sixty new accounts by using this method endorsed the success of prospecting direct marketing.

Friday morning’s Golf tournament opened the weekend followed by a highly thought provoking afternoon when two motivational speakers, B J Cunningham and Steve McDermott, who took the audience through a roller coaster session on the understanding of branding and strategies on how to move business forwards.
Hot stuff in the evening – dancing shoes were on for a Salsa Night.

The AGM kicked off the big day on Saturday when Toby Robbins of Greenworld Ltd was elected to the chair of the Nemo Group. Members then had the opportunity to visit the supplier exhibition, packed with products, incentives and prize draws. Drinks on the lawn in the evening before a black tie James Bond themed Gala dinner with a whole raft of awards and some wonderful vocal entertainment from the Abbeyvale Male Voice choir.

SUPPLIER AWARDS
Bronze: William Jones Clifton
Silver: Durable
Gold: Acco/Acco Rexel Ireland jointly
The Excellent But Not Quite There Award – Kingfield Heath
The wholesaler/distributor/merchant award - Robert Horne

MEMBERS AWARDS
Wholesale Cash growth: Green World Supplies Ltd
Wholesale Percentage Growth: Isle Ltd
EOS Cash Growth: Henry Gibson Stationers Ltd
EOS Percentage Growth: Morgan & Morgan
Office Style Cash Growth – Isle Ltd
Office Style Percentage Growth – Miles Shepherd Ltd