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COVID-19 GROUP UPDATE

Dear all, At the end of every update, we have repeated the key message about the importance of following safety protocols for the protection of everyone in Colart and those outside Colart that we are linked to.  For the purposes of this update we are going to start with this theme and focus on it […]

Phone calls using Office365

  Dear All, Due to recent phone migration, some of you might realise that the phone number that has been assigned to you before, does no longer work. We have contacted all our employees to check if they need and want to keep their phone number. Please be aware that one of our goals was […]

Winsor & Newton – flesh tint

Dear all, Following the ongoing “Black Lives Matter movement”, as a company, we have reflected how we can make a positive change in our industry. While “Flesh Tint” is a historical colour name, this is not a part of our history that we will be carrying forward. We have decided with immediate effect to stop […]

Winsor & Newton website update

We are very pleased to announce the launch of our new Winsor & Newton Website coming soon and we would like to give you an update regarding the new functionalities, the timeplan, the situation on eCommerce and the communication planned so that all departments have the same level of information: 1. Functionalities We are very […]

COVID-19 TOWN HALL MEETING – WATCH THE VIDEO

Today 12th June we had the Town Hall Meeting exclusively related to COVID-19. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our CEO and Richard Llewellyn, our Sustainability Officer. The Town Hall Meeting was hosted on Microsoft Teams – Live event, and we had almost 200 people joining us. Thank you all for attending! Remember that […]

Diversity Matters – A message from Dennis

*See here the announcement in French, Chinese and Spanish.    Dear all, Last week following the recent tragic death of George Floyd we saw a huge outcry from the public voicing their support against racial discrimination and social injustice.  Much of this response was on social media under the banner #Blacklivesmatters, a movement founded in […]

Head Office – Survey Results WFH

Dear All, Thank you for your participation in the head office survey and the honest responses. After analysing the results, a couple of key points have been highlighted: • The results indicate that 47% of you can get into the office without using public transport. • While 70% of you have experienced some form of […]

Sustainability Report 2019-2020

As a business, we publish each year a sustainability report which highlights the economic, environmental and social impacts caused by our everyday activities. Colart’s 2019-2020 report is now ready please see attached or click here. Please find the time to have a look through and read it, we have many contributors across the business, and […]

COVID-19 Group Update

Dear all, The decisions across the globe to carefully loosen lockdowns in each country is progressing and it’s almost possible to hear the collective sigh from parents being relieved of home tutoring responsibility as schools steadily open in most places.  I wonder whether homeschooling has been the most stressful impact of the crisis – for […]

COVID-19 Town Hall Meeting – Watch the video

On Wednesday 27th May we had the Town Hall Meeting exclusively related to COVID-19. On the panel were Dennis van Schie, our CEO and Jane Beeston, our CPO. The Town Hall Meeting was hosted on Microsoft Teams – Live event, and we had almost 200 people joining us. Thank you all for attending! Remember that […]

Northern Europe – Structure Update

Dear all, As communicated at the beginning of April, the new Colart Northern Europe organization is in place. In effect, I have the pleasure of leading a fully centralized organisation of 31 professionals responsible for owning and delivering our commercial objectives across 20 Northern European countries, with an obvious focus on Germany, Holland, Poland and […]

COVID-19 Group Update

Dear all, As countries across the globe begin the careful process of returning to work, school and international travel, we are seeing signs in the news about a significant impact on businesses and our economies in general.   Whilst Colart cannot take anything for granted, following on from the financials communicated last week, this update focuses […]

Special 300 years – Lefranc Bourgeois with Insideart

After the successful residency project at Macro, the contemporary art museum in Rome, the collaboration between Colart Italia and InsideArt continues this year. InsideArt is a media communication group specializing in contemporary culture and art. Special initiatives will be activated along the year to celebrate Lefranc Bourgeois 300 years anniversary, including articulate storytelling about the […]

COVID-19 Group Update

Dear all, As the world continues to find its way through the COVID challenge, many organisations are full on into the question of, “what next?”…Colart is of course no different and this question is being asked in relation to what we do and how we do it!  This update focuses on how what the return […]

Splash Perform is coming!

Last year we successfully increased the functionality of Splash by the introduction of Splash Recruit, so enhancing the automation and tracking of talent acquisition in Colart.  One of the 2020 objectives for the global HR team was to take the increase of Splash functionality further with the inclusion of performance reviews on the system – […]

“On My Wall Wednesday”

Have you heard about “On my Wall Wednesday”? Join Duane Romanell on Wednesdays and share art on The Wall, let’s promote art that we own, collect, like… “On My Wall Wednesday” is a fun project that Duane wanted to launch on The Wall, to help promote artwork that we own, collect, etc. that is hanging […]