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COVID-19 Group Update

THIS WEEK JANE DISCUSSES THE FOLLOWING TOPICS Around the world Little Elephant art classes Code of Conduct Framing our thinking Employee Assistance Programme Pulse Survey Keeping the basics Our mantra

COVID-19 Group Update

THIS WEEK JANE DISCUSSES THE FOLLOWING TOPICS Around the world Hot desking tool being tested Safety first Little Elephant art classes Focus on community Keeping the basics Our mantra

COVID-19 Group Update

Dear all, The new year is continuing at a pace although many of us across the group are experiencing Déjà vu, Seen that before or Ground Hog Day because of the continuing restrictions and our lives apparently on hold! But these restrictions have a purpose.  Whilst the vaccination programme taking place in every country gives […]

COVID19 – Group Update

Dear all, Happy New Year to you all and I hope you managed to enjoy the Christmas period with your direct family.  I also hope you found time for a well-earned rest, especially yesterday, with the Colart Day. Sadly, the virus did not rest over the period, and we are continuing to see cases at […]

COVID-19 Group Update

Dear all, As the year draws to a close, we sadly see lockdowns return to control the second wave of COVID which is hitting us with a vengeance.  Whilst hope rests on the vaccine, with the UK becoming the first western country to deploy a COVID-19 vaccine, we cannot ignore the continued dangers. Coming after […]

Last Town Hall Meeting for 2020 –Watch the video

CEO Dennis van Schie hosted the last town hall meeting for this year on Thursday 17th December. The special guests were all the GLT, including Jonathan, Jane, Bruno, Dominique, Gail, Richard and Toby. The town hall focused on key achievements throughout the year and importantly recognising everyone’s contribution to a challenging but successful year. Dennis […]

Changing your network password just got easier!

In recognition of some past challenges that users have experienced when changing their network passwords, Tech Support has introduced a new and more straightforward way of making password changes. This replaces the previous process and is now the preferred approach when you have 1. forgotten your password or 2. your password has expired. A video […]

Elephant Live Stream and a new term for Elephant Academy

The newly appointed commercial director to Elephant, Karen Spinner recently presented a global live stream to Colart employees, aimed at providing an informed and educational overview of the business plus initiatives included the 2021 strategy. The mission statement described Elephant as “a dynamic D2C platform designed to turn an engaged community into repeat consumers of […]

Town Hall Meeting – Watch the video!

On Friday 4th December, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie. Guest included Chief People Officer, Jane Beeston and UK HR Director, Harsa Beagley. If you couldn’t attend the live event, click here to listen to Dennis’ business update inspirational content. Jane started talking about three main topics (personal […]

Exponea: ANOTHER DIGITAL MILESTONE

Recently, we’ve seen our Digital team launch one successful platform after another. New WordPress platforms for our brand sites including Winsor &Newton, Liquitex and Snazaroo; a newly developed B2B platform to best serve our high street retailers and deliver our products directly to their door; and now we’re excited to share their next milestone in […]

Group Update – COVID19

Dear all, Putting yourself in the shoes of another is often described as being at the heart of empathy.  To have empathy means that we are able to understand how another person is feeling just by using our imagination to experience that feeling. So, why am I talking about empathy….in the world of COVID-19 we […]

Town Hall Meeting – Watch the Second Episode of “The House of creative brands”

On Friday 13th November, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie. Guest included Chief Commercial Officer, Gail Pasquier, Commercial Director UK, Anthony Taylor, UK Marketing Director, Gaelle Carbonneil and General Manager Snazaroo, Adrian Ryan. If you couldn’t attend the live event, click the video below to listen to Dennis’ […]