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Our CEO, Graham Bell, is an ambassador for Be Inspired! Powered by Retail Week, Be Inspired is a platform which promotes gender balance at all levels across retail, and encourages women to fulfil their career aspirations. Speaking about Be Inspired, Graham says: “I am a strong believer that having a diverse, inclusive, and healthy workforce benefits not only the bottom line but also the culture and happiness of the business. We’ve just appointed an experienced lead to act as the central point of coordination and facilitation for all our Inclusion and Wellness activity, and in September we launched a campaign aimed at understanding the areas we need to address. This is just the beginning of a long-term strategy to make B&Q a place our colleagues feel is not only a great place to work and shop but where everyone is treated equally.”
Did you know that B&Q stores donate unsellable materials and products to their local community groups? It's a great way to reduce waste whilst helping our neighbours. Over the years, we’ve donated paint to preschools, compost to community centres, and paving slabs to Scouts! To find out more about our community reuse scheme, visit http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMLey
We’re bursting with pride to announce that we’ve been nominated for a Rainbow Honours Award in the New LGBTQ Network Group category! Rainbow-tinted glasses on and fingers crossed, we’ll let you know the results after the ceremony next month. 😊 Find out more here: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMLel
Today we’re celebrating our colleague Alan. At 87 years old, Alan’s been part of our B&Q team for 11 years and dedicates his spare time to raising money for local hospices and charities. So far, he’s raised an incredible £100k – That’s a pretty big number! Thanks, Alan, you’re a credit to B&Q and your local community. For more information on B&Q in the community, visit http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMysr #AGoodHomeForEveryone
It’s been great working with Business Management students at Southampton Solent University over the past week. We tasked them to share their thoughts on how we can make B&Q House a more inclusive and productive working environment. A huge congratulations to the winning team for some great, innovative ideas!
Tomorrow is World Alzheimer’s Day. This year, our Orange family cheered on our People Director, Andy Moat, and his brother Chris, as they took part in Canada’s toughest mountain race in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. So far, encouraged by friends, family, and colleagues here at B&Q, they’ve raised over £9,000 which will go towards vital research to help people living with dementia. Well done Andy and Chris!
Happy Pension Awareness Day! Today's about helping you understand how much you'll need in the future and what you need to do in order to reach your saving goals. Everyone at B&Q and within Kingfisher can join our award-winning pension scheme from day one in the business. With great company contribution rates of up to 14% and tax relief on your contributions too, we’ll help you towards the pension that you’ll need later in life. Find out why it pays to be in a workplace pension today at http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMcJh
Happy Pension Awareness Day! Today's about helping you understand how much you'll need in the future and what you need to do in order to reach your saving goals. Everyone at B&Q and within Kingfisher can join our award-winning pension scheme from day one in the business. With great company contribution rates of up to 14% and tax relief on your contributions too, we’ll help you towards the pension that you’ll need later in life. Find out why it pays to be in a workplace pension today at http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMcJJ
New retail roles across our B&Q London stores. Apply here: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMcQA
Here at B&Q, helping our colleagues to develop their careers is important to us. Due to popular demand, we’ve added 34 new standards to our apprenticeship programme, and currently have over 700 colleagues on apprenticeships – and that number’s growing fast! Discover more about our apprenticeships: http://glassdoor.com/slink.htm?key=vMcEj
