We recently surveyed over 4,000 mums in the Your Baby Club network to find out more about the impact of the pandemic on attitudes towards early child development, the role of ‘play’ and educational toys. Ever-changing lockdown restrictions have been taking a toll, with 2/3 of mums with babies or young children stating their attitude …
Roughly 11 years ago, I became a dad, to a beautiful bouncing little boy called Jack. Parenthood was one of those life-changing moments for me, it made me reassess what and who I am as a person. Cliched as hell I know, but it made me look at my life with a much bigger perspective. …
Name: Laura Driver Position: Social Media Manager Years with the company: Over 6 years Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… When working on a retailer’s social media, part of my job was to monitor and report back to the individual stores as things were happening live. I had to read out …
Often, stories about entrepreneurship focus on extreme examples of companies going from nothing to stratospheric overnight. The startup bubble makes it easy to envision the classic Silicon Valley path which sees millions in investment in your idea on day one and no looking back, but the growth journey for many companies is about being realistic …
Name: Jasmine Gurney Position: Head of Content & Social Years with the company: Over 2 years Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… At one stage, I was creating new e-learning modules for a county council, only to have my sister join them in a role a few years later after I’d …
To office or not to office is the question. The discussion in recent weeks has been vocal from both sides. What do we gain from remote working environments and what might we lose? However, the facts are that many employees are still having to work from home, some of whom may have never had this …
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Entrepreneurship is exciting. The idea of riding that wave of success and seeing the business you’ve founded come to life. But it’s never a straightforward journey. Any amount of promise and potential can fall by the wayside, if you’re only focused on the benefits of your project. What obstacles? FanFinders is now the number one …
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Name: Charlie Robson Position: Head of UK Partnerships Years with the company: Just over 5 years Before FanFinders, the most unusual or interesting job you’ve had… Let’s just say at one stage I was with a company using Wolf of Wall Street-style sales tactics and if I put a list together of the unusual things …
I don’t think wearing a tie has ever made me a better worker. How people dress at work and ‘formal dress codes’ has been a polarising subject for a while. More recently, there have been discussions about everything from the nature of self-expression, whether some industries are failing to evolve and what ‘business casual’ even …
Tats and Ties – Chatting ‘work dress codes’ with CEO Alec Dobbie Read More »
Name: Raphael Marsh Position: Creative Director and Co-Founder Years with the company: 7 years and counting What was the initial motivation behind creating FanFinders… After Al [Alec] became a dad, we were looking at a way to take the traditional in-person baby club sign-up online, reducing the data list-selling and the spam. So the initial …
