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About Us
Beaverbrooks the Jewellers
A jewel in the high street since 1919
It was back in 1910 when the three Adlestone brothers, Isaac, Maurice and Harry took to the streets with no more than a suitcase full of silverware, loads of ambition and full of enthusiasm. I don't know if this actually qualified as a business although I’m sure the opening of their first store in Belfast during 1919 certainly did.
At Beaverbrooks, we believe it’s about how we spend our time in life, the memories we create of fun & laughter, of shared successes, of overcoming challenges and of caring for others. It is about learning new skills, challenging ourselves to do more, and making those dreams happen. It’s these things that enrich us.
Today Beaverbrooks are very proud to be a well known name on the high street and in the business world for our integrity, passion and caring approach. With over 800 people and 64 stores throughout the United Kingdom, not to mention our internet and mail order teams, we are working hard at Making it Special for our customers and our people, by creating wonderful experiences which in turn enrich peoples’ lives.
Direct descendants of our founders are still the custodians of Beaverbrooks, still family owned and always one big family.
Come and see for yourself…
No web site can replicate the thrill of holding and handling jewellery, the weight of the gold, the brilliance of diamonds, and our site can only give you an idea of our complete, ever changing ranges. So please accept our warm invitation to visit any of our 64 Beaverbrooks stores where you will find our staff friendly, helpful and knowledgeable.
Click here to find your nearest Beaverbrooks.
Enriching Lives
We care about our people and our people care about others. It is part of the Beaverbrooks Way, it's what we do - we give to the Community.
Company Donations
Every year, we contribute 20% of our post-tax profits to organisations both in the UK and overseas through the Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust.
We encourage our people to nominate organisations they are involved with for funding and during 2011 every team had the chance to pick a charity for them to give a donation of £55 per person to, so together we gave over £44,000 to over 90 local charities chosen by our people throughout the UK.
It's so easy to give
We know lots of our colleagues want to donate to charity each month and we want to help them give even more. We offer a payroll giving scheme so our people can give to a charity of their choice direct from their wages each month. We match our people's net donations from the Beaverbrooks Charitable Trust and we also pay the administration fees.
31% of our people are in our payroll giving scheme (as at Jan 2012) and during 2011 we helped our people to donate an amazing £49,029 to their chosen charities.
Match Funding
We encourage our people to take part in fundraising activities and sponsored events nationwide. These events include, the Race for Life, Bike Rides, Midnight Walks and Marathons – the list goes on and on! We match £1 for £1 any sponsorship they raise. We match fund the money that our people raise for a registered charity, £1 for £1. During 2011, our people raised £18,815.69 which we doubled so together we raised £37,631.38!
Beaverbrooks Blackpool 10k Fun Run
Each May almost 4,000 runners take part in the Beaverbrooks Blackpool 10K Fun Run. 2012 is a very special year as it’s the 30th Fun Run on Sunday 13th May, and we are fundraising for the NSPCC new Service Centre in Blackpool. The event has raised well over £1.5 million for charity and we thank everyone who has supported our event during the last 30 years. For more details visit www.beaverbrooksfunrun.org.uk
Beaverbrooks Windmills Bike Ride
The Beaverbrooks Bike Ride takes place each June with hundreds of people getting on their bikes to help raise money for Trinity Hospice. 2012 will be our 21st Bike Ride on Sunday 10th June and we thank all our supporters who take part each year. For details please visit www.trinityhospice.co.uk/events/annual-beaverbrooks-bike-ride
Treasure Chest Appeal
We support Heart Research UK with their Treasure Chest Appeal. We have been the collection point for people to drop off their envelopes of unwanted jewellery for over 15 years now and the appeal has already raised over £407,800.00 (to Jan 2012). We thank all our Customers who have helped us fund pioneering research into the prevention, treatment and cure of heart disease.
Volunteering Time
We also encourage our people to assist local charities and organisations by giving them time paid by the Company to help out. We help in a huge variety of ways – advising charities, helping charity shops with displays, recording newspapers for the blind, leading Scout groups, working in a Salvation Army soup kitchen, landscaping children's gardens & play areas – the list is endless! We are extremely proud of the work our people are doing enriching their own lives and the lives of people in their own communities.
The Beaverbrooks Way
We've spent a lot of time working on developing a greater understanding of our reasons why our business is here. We realised that Beaverbrooks' purpose is Enriching Lives, and we will always put this first, never bending from it and always being driven by it, as it is what we stand for. We then worked out which values are really key to our business - Integrity, Passion & Caring.
We developed a list of Behaviours that everyone constantly works towards, giving people real clarity as to "how people are supposed to act around here." We brought the whole thing together under the banner of The Beaverbrooks Way, and every Beaverbrooks team member has their very own copy.
Download The Beaverbrooks Way PDF
Business in the community
Here are some things we've done,
some things we do and some things we're going to do
In 2008 Beaverbrooks became a member of the BITC (Business In The Community). This charitable organisation is dedicated to improving and inspiring companies to share best practice to have a positive impact on society.
This booklet uses the BITC framework to explain what were doing to become an even more responsible business…
Download responsible business booklet PDF
The History of Beaverbrooks
For the first time we have documented our history within a booklet. This booklet details
where it all started for Beaverbrooks and where we are today. We hope you enjoy it.
Taken from 'Blackpool & the Fylde Coast Memories', the latest in the 'Memories' series
of books published by True North Books Ltd, Halifax. Tel: 01422 344 344
History of Beaverbrooks booklet PDF
Awards to be proud of
We recently achieved 3rd place in the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For 2010.
Mark Adlestone, Managing Director says of the achievement: "We're so proud of making it into the top 4 of the Sunday Times poll seven years in a row. Here at Beaverbrooks, we all pride ourselves on creating a positive and caring culture, so that our colleagues feel they are listened to and can be at their best - while doing what they love. We are all thrilled to have achieved these accolades, particularly as they are the result of questionnaires completed by our people and we are looking forward in celebrating with everyone."
"The award is testament to the strong sense of 'family' at Beaverbrooks that runs throughout the company ensuring that we are leaders in providing the best customer service."
We pride ourselves on the quality of service and care we offer employees and customers.
| SUNDAY TIMES 'BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR' |
2011 |
17th |
| FINANCIAL TIMES BEST WORKPLACES |
2011 |
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| BEST WORKPLACE IN EUROPE |
2011 |
TOP 10 |
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UK JEWELLERY AWARDS MULTIPLE RETAILER OF THE YEAR
RETAIL EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
RETAIL STAR |
2009
2010
2009 |
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