At Base Creative, Christmas isn’t just about ticking off the last to-dos of the year – it’s about giving back when and where we can. This year, we’re continuing a tradition close to our hearts by donating £1,000 across three fantastic initiatives we have worked with over the last 12 months. To decide how that […]
Back in August I announced that Base Creative is starting its journey to becoming a B Corp. B Corps are businesses verified to meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. Businesses can’t have morals – at least, not ones reliant on the personal attitudes of the people working at them. That’s […]
Businesses don’t have morals. Businesses can’t have morals. That might sound cynical. I disagree. A business is a mechanism for making money. If morals replace money as your business’ bottom line, your business will run out of money. Whatever good your business was doing will disappear along with it. We need to accept that a […]
At the end of last year we set ourselves the challenge of finding and implementing a new team wellbeing initiative that would give us measurable results. For the last three months, our team has had access to mental health check-ins, advice, and therapy sessions whenever they need them. Here’s why we made this change and […]
London agencies are often expected to have high-stress work environments. Back in October, Digital Project Manager Paige Steel-Thomas wrote an article explaining how she stops client stress impacting our team. As Base Creative’s wellbeing champion, I wanted to share more information about our wellbeing strategy with our clients and peers, breaking down how we prioritise […]
We wanted to showcase a community we work closely with to celebrate the success of digital women across the UK. Base Creative is sponsoring the 2021 Digital Women Awards, an event to celebrate the best and brightest working in digital. This year’s awards ceremony is taking place on Thursday 25th November. With women making up […]
Mental Health Awareness Week is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. It took place last week and we checked in with the team to see how they feel about mental health, especially in the workplace.
Entering a large networking event at a conference hall, somewhere in the plush green fields of Hertfordshire, I was fortunate to bump into my old business teacher from high school. Having only left school about 5 years previously, we both remembered each other and took the opportunity to catch up. The date was 2005.
Find out why I opted for an apprenticeship instead of heading to uni.
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