The Whistler Employee Newsletter
December 2024
Your monthly round up of what’s been happening across the Group Senior Management Team Update
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
With regret, Steve Marjoram, Managing Director of Parcelhub, has decided to leave the business. Andy Goddard (Managing Director - Mail and Cross-Border) will take on responsibility for the Parcels business with the Parcelhub management team. Laura Sanjurgo Commercial Director (Mail) will take on additional responsibility for the Mail Customer Services Team. In recognition of their pivotal roles, Laura Sanjurgo Commercial Director (Mail) and Fliss O’Hara (Managing Director of Fulfilment and Contact Solutions) will join the Executive Board effective 1st January 2025. Sarah Brennan will be joining the Cross- Border team in January 2025 as Sales and Customer Experience Director under Andy’s direction.
ISO Certifications
We are pleased to announce we have achieved reaccreditation as a Logistics UK Van Excellence Operator! Van Excellence This means that Whistl meets high standards of safety, compliance, and efficiency in van operations. Congratulations to We’re pleased to say that we have finished all LRQA external audits and have retained all ISO certificates for another year. Thank you to everyone involved. 2024 Reflections ISO27001 Updates We’ve extended ISO27001 (Information Security) to Lutterworth, the first Whistl Fulfilment site under this certification, and are transitioning to the 2022 ISO standard for certification by 2025. Check Marvin for more information on 2025 plans for ISO and audits.
Any questions on this update, please speak to Andy Goddard, Nigel Polglass or Nick Wells.
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Matthew Muldowney, Transport Manager at Bedford, and all the team involved.
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The Whistler Employee Newsletter
December 2024
Check out what has been happening, and what is coming up…
Women of Whistl Update A key pillar of our ESG strategy relates to EDI, with a goal to increase female representation in board and management roles to 40% by 2028. Our Women of Whistl sponsors, Laura Sanjurgo and Fliss O’Hara, conducted a survey to female colleagues at the end of 2023 to understand the views of the women who work at Whistl. As a result of the survey, a statement of purpose has been agreed and 4 key groups have been set up.
The 4 key groups that have been set up are: 1. Imposter Syndrome (led by Nicola Broadhurst) 2. Women’s Leadership (led by Sonia Hitzelberger) 3. Menopause (led by Lisa Hickman) 4. Maternity and Paternity (led by Jayne Ransford and Joanne Huggins) If you are interested in joining any of these groups, please email the head of the group you want to join. More on this, including the survey results, are available on Marvin.
Fancy £50 towards your Christmas budget? To celebrate Christmas, and to give a little something back, the Wellbeing Team are holding a Christmas themed fancy dress competition, with the chance to win a £50 voucher! Your fancy dress could be:
Relish have reduced the cost of their Beauty Box, only available on TikTok Shop, and you can buy it for as little as £15! A Perfect Christmas Gift
It contains:
Made by Mitchell “Blursh” (6G) We Are Paradoxx - Repair Game Changer Hair Mask (30ML) 2BTanned - Intensifying Peach Gel (100G) Project Lip - Plump and Fill Liner ISO CLEAN - Brush Cleaner (110ML) Lottie London - 9 Pan eye-shadow palette Carbon Theory - Breakout Control Mineral Mud Mask (50ML) Search “Beauty Discovery Beauty Box” in your TikTok Shop today to pick up this amazing offer! For more detailed instructions on how to buy the box, please visit Marvin.
A jumper A costume A dress A suit Anything relating to Christmas!
It’s simple and fun... Take a picture of your outfit and send it to wellbeing@whistl.co.uk by Friday 13th December 2024 6 lucky winners will be chosen and will win a £50 voucher from a specific retailer in time for Christmas
The crazier the outfit, the better! We can’t wait to see your entries. Good luck!
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December 2024
Bedford Shamima Begum Latest achievements and updates from our colleagues Don’t forget about Steve... Steve Gelling is very bravely jumping out of a plane to raise money for Brake, the road safety charity, on the 7th December. You can donate here! Rafal Piotrowski Employees of the Month
Aquelino Lopes
Bolton
Safety First During Road Safety Week 2024, members
Elisabeta Cojocarasu
Glasgow
of our Transport Team visited local schools to teach the students the importance of road safety.
Jonathon Clark
The students received a Toolbox Talk on distracted walking and the Highway Code.
Ryan Donaldson
Willie Watson
Northampton
They also explored one of our new T480 Turbo Renault Tractor Units and a Maxus electric van.
Andrew Collins Bristol
James Simson
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Marvin would like you to meet...
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Prashnat Rana Supervisor, Bedford Go to karaoke song? All Rise - Blue
Glen Bowerman Implementation Support Executive Best stress
reliever? The Gym
We want to meet you! Search “Marvin Meets Questions” on Marvin and send your answers to marvin@whistl.co.uk.
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December 2024
Whistl 2024 Christmas Wordsearch
Gifts valued £50.00 and over must be declared to procurement@whistl.co.uk before they can be accepted, and you will need to advise the following information: Gifts valued under £50.00 are fine to accept but please declare it to procurement@whistl.co.uk. Christmas gift reminders It is important that we comply with our Procurement policy if we receive gifts from suppliers:
Who sent the gift? Name of recipient i.e., your name What the gift is Estimated value of the gift
You will be advised if you can accept.
Christmas and New Year Payroll Dates Reminder
Whistl Cookies Gifts Merry Reindeer Snowman Toys Candycane December Holly
Mistletoe Rudolph Stocking Bells Chimney Eggnog Joy Nativity
Don’t forget that we are bringing the pay dates for December 2024 and January 2025 forward.
December 2024 – Monday 23rd December January 2025 – Thursday 23rd January For Hourly paid employees the below hours will be paid as per the pay dates listed above: Dec 2024 – (17th Nov– 14th Dec – 4 wks) Jan 2025 – (15th Dec – 11th Jan – 4 wks) Feb 2025 – (12th Jan – 15th Feb – 5 wks)
Santa Tinsel
Enjoy some festive fun by heading to our Christmas Corner on Marvin
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