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COVID-19 Group Update

Dear all, With the second wave of COVID-19 cases well and truly upon us, tighter restrictions are becoming more evident in many countries.  This is particularly evident for our colleagues in France with a new national lockdown coming into force at the weekend. We are of course all in this together and the same principles […]

Halloween Face Painting Masterclass

      On Tuesday 27th the Snazaroo Team and the Wellbeing Team hosted the first-ever virtual facing painting class. This year Halloween celebration will look very different, but this shouldn’t stop us from celebrating safely at home More than ever we need fun activities to bring us all together and bring a bit of […]

Lowestoft Sustainability Update

This announcement explains the different sustainable initiatives and activations that have been taken in Lowestoft not only in 2018 – 2019 but also how that has been developed and where are now. Governance, ethics and compliance In 2018 Colart Lowestoft recorded a non-disclosure agreement with top suppliers and put in place an up to date […]

Winsor & Newton collaborates with Zara Home

Have you recently visited Zara Home? If you haven’t or you have, but you haven’t realised that some Winson & Newton products are now sold on Zara Home website and stores, keep reading this article. Zara Home contacted Winsor & Newton because they were planning to launch a creative space and they were looking into […]

Splash Perform Update

Remember, remember the 1st of November! Yes, it’s the start of our annual on-line Performance & Development Review window of course.  Whilst the start date has not changed, the platform for the discussions has. As we are introducing a new functionality in Splash to support these discussions, you will have the opportunity to attend drop-in […]

Town Hall Meeting – Watch the video!

On Friday 16th October, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie.  Guests included Chief Commercial Officer, Gail Pasquier and South Europe Commercial Director Thierry Collot. Dennis started the session, talking about our purpose “inspiring every artist of the world” and what we aim “to become the most sustainable consumer-driven […]

COVID19 – Group Update

Dear all, It would appear that the World Health Organisation’s warning that the number of COVID-19 cases will double if countries do not uniformly work to suppress the virus’ spread is starting to become a reality as a second wave firmly establishes itself across Europe and the US. How will the COVID-19 pandemic reshape our […]

Minehead Announcement

Sales of Snazaroo product have been severely affected by Covid 19. The inability for our consumers to hold children’s parties, run school and summer fetes and the new restrictions on social gatherings which will affect the forthcoming Halloween and holiday season worsen what has already been a poor year for sales. We have lessened the […]

Head Office Footprint and Lab Activities

Over the last few weeks, we have been speaking about how remote working is to become part of the normal way of life at Colart with a blend of both office and remote working continuing in the future.  Whilst COVID has triggered this change for Colart and many other companies, we have found that it […]

Town Hall Meeting – Watch the video!

On Friday 2nd October, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie.  Guests included Head of Project Management, Claudio Toledo and Business Development Director Jasper Van der Wurff, presenting the Think Tank. Dennis started the session giving an update about the company situation and reminding the importance of following COVID19 […]

Group Update – COVID19 and other matters

Dear all, With the World Health Organisation warning that the number of COVID-19 cases can double if countries do not uniformly work to suppress the virus’ spread it’s important for everyone in Colart to work together to ensure that we too have a uniform approach. A uniform approach at Colart… As a reminder, this is: […]

Email Security Changes

Over the course of the last 6 months, we have seen an increasing problem with targeted phishing attacks and marketing campaigns that in some cases have compromised our networks and data. As part of the work to strengthen our security for our network and infrastructure, over the last few weeks alongside moving our antivirus and […]

Celebrate Halloween safely this year with Snazaroo!

There’s no doubt that the global pandemic has reshaped the way most of us will be viewing Halloween this year, however, it doesn’t mean that the spooky celebrations are cancelled! With Snazaroo’s wide range of highly pigmented face paints and kits, you can transform into whoever you want to be – with a little help […]

Town Hall Meeting – watch the video

On Friday 14th September, we held the fortnightly Town Hall Meeting, hosted by CEO Dennis van Schie.  Guests included VP & General Manager (North America) Steve Chamberlain, Regional Marketing Director (North America) Sarah Clark and DC Manager (North America) Carlos Trejo. Dennis started the session, talking about wellbeing and the importance not only of your […]

COVID-19 Group Update

Dear all, I know in the last few updates we have been saying that COVID-19 is still very much with us yet to read the news about the significant increases in cases around the world, is still disappointing…..but this is life as we know it and we need to adapt. The adaptation comes in many […]