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COVID19 – Group Update

05-Jan-2021|Business, Colart, People||
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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

21-Dec-2020|Business, Colart, People||
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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

21-Dec-2020|Business, CEO Message, Colart, People||
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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!

21-Dec-2020|Business, Colart||
Views: 249
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 […]

A Unique Residency -300 Years of Lefranc Bourgeois

21-Dec-2020|Brands, Colart||
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At the beginning of the year, we published an article that highlighted the launch of a unique collaboration with art magazine, InsideArt and Lefranc Bourgeois, as one of the many activations included in the brand’s 300th anniversary. The collaboration included a year full of different activities and culminated in a two-week artist residency hosted at […]

Elephant Live Stream and a new term for Elephant Academy

21-Dec-2020|Art Community, Brands, Business, Colart||
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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 […]

Brexit – important notice for EU employees

16-Dec-2020|Colart, People||
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Dear all, As we approach the end of the year and we hope for a new year free from COVID, there is one subject that we know that we will not be free from and that is Brexit. The UK as we know is in the process of exiting the EU and regardless of what […]

The important role of art during the pandemic

11-Dec-2020|Colart||
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Last month, Lindengruppen approached us as they wanted to write an article on how art has helped people cope during the pandemic. An independent journalist interviewed Dennis, Jane and Gail. The result demonstrates how we have effectively and proactively approached the many challenges that 2020 has presented us with. Read here for details of each […]

Town Hall Meeting – Watch the video!

11-Dec-2020|Business, CEO Message, Colart, People||
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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

04-Dec-2020|Business, Colart||
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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 […]

Meninas Madrid Gallery Project: Artist tattoos Menina using Liquitex

04-Dec-2020|Brands, Colart||
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Las Meninas, or Ladies-in-waiting, painted by Diego Velazquez in 1656 is a famous piece of art history that questions both reality and illusion. Today, this is brought to life through the annual “Meninas Madrid Gallery Project”. From October to December, each year, 50 different Meninas are displayed throughout the streets and squares of Madrid Curated […]

Group Update – COVID19

20-Nov-2020|Business, Colart, People||
Views: 49
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”

19-Nov-2020|Brands, Business, CEO Message, Colart||
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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’ […]

LB 300 years – End of year celebration!

06-Nov-2020|Brands, Colart||
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As we approach the year end, Lefranc Bourgeois brand has launched its final campaign, with a focus on celebration and gifting.  The campaign focuses on four new gift sets which are a vintage style limited edition. The gift sets are currently in mass production from Le Mans and in stores from October. The campaign also […]

Town Hall Meeting – Watch the video!

06-Nov-2020|Business, CEO Message, Colart, People||
Views: 34
On Friday 30th October, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie. Guest included Chief Financial Officer, Jonathan Spight. Dennis started the session, talking about the virtual Lindengruppen management conference they had and the importance of embracing technology, embracing leadership and embracing sustainability. They will share more information with us […]
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