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Mentoring Programme Update

26-Nov-2019|Colart, People||
Views: 81
Through the Colart Academy, we have listed the many ways that exist in Colart for development both personally and professionally. One learning opportunity that we see as a foundation is supported learning through Mentoring. For this reason, the company started to roll out in 2017 a structured mentoring scheme across the group. Why is Mentoring […]

Code of Conduct Update

22-Nov-2019|Colart||
Views: 106
Dear all, In September, we advised you about the updated Code of Conduct (click here to view announcement). In this announcement we mentioned that we would be rolling the Code out to each of you to ensure everyone confirms their understanding of the Code contents. The Code has now been translated into all our operating […]

New General Manager for CTAM

14-Nov-2019|CEO Message, Colart||
Views: 70
Dear all, Further to yesterday’s announcements regarding the Operations structure we are also pleased to announce that a new General Manager has been recruited for CTAM. Hunter Zhang will join us from 25 November 2019 reporting directly to Dominique Murzeau in his new role as EurAsia Manufacturing General Manager. Hunter is from Tianjin and has […]

Project Vanilla: Business Update

13-Nov-2019|Business, Colart||
Views: 66
Last June 2019, we explained on Colart News what was the Vanilla Project (here link). As a reminder, Project Vanilla eliminates CIHL from the flow of products and in so doing creates a direct financial and operational flow between the manufacturing entities (e.g. Colart Le Mans) and the distribution/sales entities (e.g. Colart Italy). As such […]

Day in Life programme coming soon

13-Nov-2019|Colart, People||
Views: 49
We are excited to announce the activation of our “Day in Life Programme” in the UK, Europe, China & US! The programme was originally launched in France and has been a tremendous success with over 30 requests in 2018 As a reminder, what are the objectives of “Day in Life Programme”? This programme provides a […]

Organisational Announcement

13-Nov-2019|CEO Message, Function Update||
Views: 118
Dear all, We recently made some announcements regarding the Operations structure in the light of Mark Barratt deciding to leave the company at the end of the year. We would like to update you on how plans are progressing to implement the new structure as follows: With effect from 18 November 2019: Dominique Murzeau as […]

Winsor & Newton at Coal Drops Yard

13-Nov-2019|Colart||
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Colart are doing an experiential Pop-up this December in Coal Drops Yard, Kings Cross.  In partnership with Coal Drops Yard (CDY), the House of Illustration Winter Fair (HOI), and the Fine Art Collective (TFAC)   What is Coal Drops Yard? Coal Drops Yard is a retail development situated behind the train station of Saint Pancras in […]

Employee Discount

07-Nov-2019|Colart, People||
Views: 124
The Think Tank, launched last month, is a great platform for anyone to bring new ideas and suggestions to the table. One such idea from Lucy Franklin (Minehead) was to allow our people to buy our products at a discount on our branded websites. Why a code on our websites cannot be put in place […]

Leadership Workshops

06-Nov-2019|People||
Views: 105
Dear colleagues, Further to the employee survey held earlier this year, workshops are being held or shortly due to be held in each Business Unit as part of the immersion into the results with the aim of creating ideas for action that need to be taken to address some of the concerns identified.  We will […]

Sing for Hope Piano: London

05-Nov-2019|Community||
Views: 37
What is Sing for Hope again? Since the beginning of 2019, Liquitex has partnered with Sing for Hope, a global not-for-profit organization that harnesses the power of the arts to create a better world. The “Sing for Hope Pianos” programme is a collaboration of art and music where beautiful artist-created pianos are placed in public […]

P9 Year to Date Performance Commentary

29-Oct-2019|Function Update||
Views: 306
Commentary Glossary : 5+7 Forecast: Full year forecast conducted in August, based on 7 months actual results and 7 months forecast. Also called ‘summer forecast’ A&P: Advertising and Promotion spend AR/AP: Accounts Receivable (money owed to us)/Accounts Payable (money we owe) EAC: Expenses Affecting Comparability (i.e. one-off, non-repeating costs/income) EBIT: Earnings (profit) before interest and […]

A Winsor & Newton tale from 2000…

29-Oct-2019|Brands, Colart||
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Our partner in Ecuador, Sbandra, has recently shared with us a beautiful story from year 2000. Sbandra will soon be celebrating their anniversary and this story will be featuring in one of the national Ecuadorian newspapers. Click here … to read the chronicle of the fabulous journey of indigenous artist Ramón Piaguaje. “In 1998 (…) […]

Colart selected for Culture au Futur

28-Oct-2019|Colart, Community||
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Colart Le Mans/France Selected by “Culture of the Future” The Pays de la Loire region has selected Colart and 4 other territorial companies to participate in its new collaborative project, entitled “Culture au futur” (Culture of the Future). The operation is unprecedented and experiment-based, bringing together artists, industries, and research laboratories who will work together […]

Mission Control Squad – Outage Alerts

24-Oct-2019|Colart, Function Update||
Views: 31
As part of the recent communication regarding the IT Business Continuity Management initiative it is important that everybody understands the reason why we are doing this and why it is so important for us to communicate to the business any major outages that may occur. As an outage will likely impact services and business processes, […]

New Business Analytics Platform

21-Oct-2019|Function Update||
Views: 67
As part of the roll out of our new business analytics tools, we are planning on decommissioning Cognos and related Cognos Reports. This is in line with the objectives set by the business to have “one source of the truth” and to enable consistent reporting throughout Colart. User access to most versions of Cognos will […]

The new Snazaroo Website is live!

10-Oct-2019|Brands||
Views: 80
In late September 2019 the new Snazaroo Brand website went live in the UK, closely followed by the USA! This was possible thanks to a great collaboration between the Digital team and the Brand Team. The Spanish version of the website will follow shortly. Have a look: https://www.snazaroo.com/ Why was a new website created? As part […]
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