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2648 has been awarded a Deloitte Best Managed for four years in a row – and now we have achieved Gold Winner status. As a Best Managed, we are part of a group of 130 successful Irish companies, with a combined turnover of €11.4bn, and 42,000 employees. These companies were described as ‘the engine room of the economy’ by Deloitte partner, Anya Cummins. But the Best Managed accolade isn’t just about economic impact and success. It means we’ve succeeded in ... Read More 2468 wins Gold at Deloitte Best Managed 2020 – we’re pretty proud, and here’s why

It’s the time of year again where we like to look at trends emerging for the year to come. Here’s our review for 2020. Probably the biggest trend for us is the growing importance for HR and business leaders of the workplace experience itself as part of the overall employee experience. This puts Facility and HR teams in a shared position of making that workplace work as well as it can to engage employees & boost productivity. [These are just ... Read More 5 Top Workplace Trends for 2020

One of the leading ‘business and self empowerment’ summits in the world, Pendulum Dublin’s fourth annual event took place last week and the 2468 Team were there for each of the two days. Here are our key takeaways – with a workplace and employee experience slant. 1. RESILIENCE IN FAILURE Bear Grylls opened Day Two and shared his now trademark message about survival – and success, in the wild but translatable to business. His four pillars for success included failure ... Read More 5 Takeaways from Pendulum Summit 2020

How investment in wellbeing unlocks issues during time of organisational change. Change is the world of work is constant but accelerating. Some say it’s transformational. Organisations are changing, markets are changing, and the nature of work is changing. Fewer than 12% of the Forbes Fortune 500 companies included in 1955 were still on the list 62 years later in 2017. That’s almost 9 out of every 10 who have disappeared, merged or contracted to drop out of the top 500. ... Read More Wellbeing during change

As workplace service providers we have been innately aware of the impact the services we provide have on our service users – who are most frequently employees. We’ve built our service around providing a personal, quality and human-focussed approach in what we do, because we recognise that in so many small but essential ways the quality of the coffee, the appearance of the refreshment station, the range of snacks, the freshness of the water and the cleanliness of a washroom ... Read More The War for Talent – how workplace services provide an edge

2468’s Summer Days Out celebration saw our team enjoying a wide range of days out - all around the theme of ‘Livin’ Easy’. Now in its second year, Summer Days Out means that our staff who are spread across five bases in UK and Ireland can enjoy a day out, over the first weekend in August - on 2468. We set our theme around the great ‘Summertime’ theme song, and the team took the inspiration. From surfing to cycling, high ... Read More Summer Days Out 2019

Following audit and review, 2468 has retained our Safe Contractor status in the UK for the year 2019 - 2020. SafeContractor is a leading Accreditation Scheme for organisations and contractors who need the  independent assurance of full health and safety compliance of anyone providing services on any of their sites. A growing number of 2468 customers use this efficient and independent system of health and safety compliance. Along with our ISO accreditations, the Safe Contractor status allows us to demonstrate ... Read More 2468 – Safe Contractor Approved 2019-2020

We’re very excited about a special fundraising campaign our team has launched, for our charity partner Indreni Children’s Foundation of Nepal. Seven of our colleagues at 2468 have set themselves a challenge to cycle between our UK and Irish HQ's. That's a distance of some 350 miles (515 KM), over four days, between the 12th and 15th August 2019. They’re taking on this incredible cycle for Indreni, with whom 2468 has worked for several years. Indreni was founded in Nepal ... Read More 2468 Cycle Challenge 2019

The employee workplace experience – that is the relationship employees have with the workplace and its services - is an important part of their overall experience. And the quality of those services - including tea, coffee, refreshments - we know play a particularly important role in their overall happiness. They help employees feel valued, feel proud of their workplace as somewhere to host visitors to, and feel like the workplace is one which values their break time as well as ... Read More 5 Things to consider in your Employee Break Spaces

We’ve been roasting at Ferns for over 125 years now, in a craft that’s unchanged in that time. The roasting process brings out the aroma and flavour locked inside the green coffee beans and provides the essential elements for our different blends. Coffee beans, as bought and traded aren’t really coffee as we know them until they are roasted. The make up of the bean is the same, but the flavour we experience in a cup of coffee isn’t available until beans are ... Read More Why do we roast coffee?