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As promised, here’s a little look at some of what we got up to (not all, as we did a LOT!) across July during The Month of Us💗. Partner focused comms, sharing views from around our organisation, some new launches and plenty of cake 🍰; celebrating as we enter into our 4th year of employee ownership and recognising what makes us who we are – our amazing people🌟. #marketresearch #marketingresearch #employeeownership #team #peoplefirst

Summing up that bank holiday weekend feeling 🥳 with some snaps of our Partners out and about enjoying a cuppa and a piece of cake in the weeks after our Month of Us campaign🍰☕. Some of us had cake together in-real-life on the last day of our 3rd EO anniversary month, but with our hybrid workforce spread across the UK and beyond it was only a fraction of our Partners. To ensure everyone felt part of our mini celebration, we sent every single Partner a Costa Coffee voucher so they could enjoy a sweet treat (or whatever else took their fancy) at their leisure😋 (our overseas Partners got an equivalent for their country - no man was left behind!😆). These photos are just a handful of the snaps our Partners have shared on our Wellbeing Teams channel 📷– we’ve had Costa’s up Shining Tor and lots of little ones enjoying the cafe trips too, the next generation of Market Research professionals right there 😉. Happy Friday everyone and hope you find time to treat yourself this bank holiday weekend🤗. #marketingresearch #marketresearch #EO #employeeownership #team #wellbeing

Rounding off another great week with a snap of some of our researchers in team Cloud wandering o'er hill and dale on a recent get together🌄. Spread out across the UK and beyond, it's not often they're together in real life but when they are they make the most of it💗. This post-meeting ramble took them up to the Roman Lakes in Marple and even included an impromptu history lesson at the site of Samuel Oldknow's old mill 🏭 (you can guess who led the chat on that one, James Hinde and Charlotte Sykes😉). #marketresearch #marketingresearch #teamwork #wellbeing Mark Byrne Anna Hegarty Rachel Bond

Although you might not always think it when you’re under the cosh or working to tight a deadline,⏳ a day at an industry event or conference is always time well spent 👍. And the personal impact of an event isn’t measured solely by how engaged you were on the day (or the lunch you had 😋) but what you came away with - and we don’t just mean a free notebook or pencil 😉. The best conferences leave you with things to think about and reflect on as you return to your day job, sometimes even months down the line💭. In this article our Senior Research Manager Vicky Mullis shares her thoughts on the annual Visitor Studies Group conference which took place in London earlier this year and observes a theme that really resonated with her, and which is evident throughout her work. https://ow.ly/srcf50SYmzy. #marketresearch #marketingresearch #peoplefirst #diversityandinclusion The Visitor Studies Group (VSG)

Following on from our recent EO milestone with an equally important individual milestone – celebrating 3 fantastic years with our amazing Senior Research Manager Amy Eborall Greenwood!🥳 Amy’s not just a valued Partner and team member (Team Shining missed her hugely when she was on maternity leave and couldn’t wait to have her back!🤗) she’s also a much-respected EO Voice Rep. Amy has an incredible passion for her work and is an integral member of the project teams for some of our largest clients, including the BBC and WRAP, as well as being a lead for our research in the not for profit sector. Outside of work Amy has a young family - which keeps her just as busy as her 9-5 and then some - so she's now an expert in the benefits of a good soft-play centre as well as good research😉. Thanks for being part of DJS Research Amy and for everything you do 💗. #mrx #MarketingResearch #WorkAnniversary #EmployeeEngagement #team WRAP BBC

July 1st was our 3rd anniversary of becoming an employee-owned organisation🥳, and we kicked started our 4th year with The Month of Us; a month-long campaign dedicated to our Partners and the positive evolution of our organisation⏩. Yesterday we ended our celebrations in true DJS style - with plenty of cake 🍰 (special mention to Rebecca Green with her Bake Off standard Coffee and Walnut cake – pure heaven) and a trip to the pub in the sunshine, perfect😎. We’ll be bringing to life a little of what we've been up to next week, but in the meantime cheers to all our DJS Partners 🎉 – hope the sun is shining where ever you are as we enter into our next exciting chapter of being an EO 🥰. #marketresearch #employeeownership #team #EO #celebration

Holiday season has one definite benefit when you work in an office...the random appearance of, often crazily-named, sweets and biscuits from far off places! 😋 This week's contender for best holiday treat is 'Vanilla Sticks' all the way from Malaysia✈️. Imagine the slimmer sibling of the sugar-coated biscuit in every Christmas variety tin😆. Crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and great with a cuppa - it's a strong start💪. Whatever will we have next?...🍪🍬 #mrx #marketresearch #team #biscuits

Attending events and conferences can often be a solo affair for many reasons, but travel is definitely a key factor. So, when an insight packed day is happening right on your door-step (and your metaphorical door-step may simply be ‘the North’ as opposed to having to travel to the opposite end of the country!) you’d be mad not to show your support👍. That’s why a group of our partners from teams across DJS jumped at the chance to attend the Market Research Society (MRS) Best of of MRS Awards and Events in Manchester yesterday. There was a brilliant turn out, some fantastic speakers and audience participation levels on the right side of awkward 😉. All in all, a cracking day. Absolutely fantastic to see MRS events happening up North - and we’d love to see more please, as we for one, would support them whole heartedly!🤝 One of our team will be sharing their thoughts on the event in more detail soon but for now we’d just like to say a huge thanks to the MRS for organising such a thought provoking day and to the Co-op for hosting in their stunning HQ - which is also one of the greenest buildings in the world 💚. See, another big tick for Manchester right there! 😉 #marketingresearch #marketresearch #MRSlive #insight #team Jane Frost CBE

So, what do you do when your teams are bursting with original ideas for content about their key sectors and specialisms that they’re keen to share? 💡 First off, you create an accessible central location online to house it all in – and that’s exactly what we’ve done!🙌 Introducing the new ‘Knowledge’ zone on our website https://ow.ly/cJ2o50SvB7w ; a section dedicated to thought leadership articles written by market research experts across our organisation. From observations on emerging market trends, to insights by sector and key take-aways from industry events, you can expect pieces on a wide range of topics but which share one infectious element at their core; the passion of our expert authors🔥. The launch of this section is just the beginning, and with lots more content in the pipeline it will continually grow and evolve, but why not take a look – who knows what gem you might find to get you thinking today?💎😉… #marketingresearch #thoughtleadership #marketresearch

1st July’s an important day for DJS Research as it’s the anniversary of our move to become an employee-owned organisation!🥳 It’s three year’s this year and we’ll be kick-starting our fourth with a month of EO comms and employee Partner focused activities we’re calling our ‘Month of Us’🤝. You can’t just flick a switch and become the finished EO-article overnight (if there even is such a thing?!). As cheesy as it may sound, employee-ownership is a ‘journey’ and the positive-growth and evolution of an organisation into an EO requires commitment and effort from every single Partner🌱💪. On our anniversary, we’d like to thank all our employee Partners for joining us whole-heartedly on our EO journey and driving us forward – we absolutely couldn’t do this without every single one of you💗. Here's to our 4th year and the next exciting chapter of our EO story 📖. You can read more about why we're proud to be an employee-owned organisation https://ow.ly/cmF150SsqtL #marketingresearch #marketresearch #EmployeeOwnership #ProudlyEO