George House

Over a weekend we raised over a £1000 for the Forget me not childrens hospice - we teamed up with our local high school and did a tombola and a bag pack.

What an incredible week for sales! 

Well done to all colleagues and thanks for playing your part in our great sales figures. Here's hoping many more weeks to follow.

A BIG well done and thank you to all of the colleagues who supported the event!

The cyclists travelled 163km collectively. That's nearly from George house to Asda house!

The ladies winner was Catherine Potts who cycled an amazing 8.78km in 15mins!!

The mens winner was Jonny Jones with a fantastic 11.94km cycled in 15mins!!

What a show we put on for our George Managers!

We had Spongbob
We had Patrick
We even had Andrew Moore doing gymnastics and playing rugby!

Pictures of regional groups of our very good looking and handsome George managers at their recent conference!!

Check out all the winners for 2011. The winners were presented with awards at February's conference. The catagories were:
Sale Sell Through
Key Catagories Participation
Store Manager of the Year
Regional Manager of the Year

Well done to all George colleagues at the stores who won awards!

We had two special guests - Spongebob Squarepants and his pal Patrick!
We also had our two George Divisional Managers, Marc & Sue, experiencing the problems colleagues face in store with packaging by having to face a challenge in our 'Question of George' format!
The result - Marc cheated, Sue won!

Hi Everybody,

On 1^st April I will be taking part in the Derby 10K run and I’m now collecting sponsors for a very worthy cause!

 

The Derby Hospital Head and Neck Cancer Fund 10160 is a charity very close to my heart and any sponsors I can get together before the race will be donated to it.

 

Please don't feel obliged however if you would like to sponsor me then  let me know, drop me a mail at gemma.buxton@asda.co.uk

 

This will be the 3^rd year I have ran the Derby 10K – it’s all in the name of fun, but if I can help this very special charity then all the better!

Thanks Everyone!

Gemma

A number of ‘willing’ colleagues from George House are doing their bit for Movember by donating their top lip to charity to raise awareness and funds for mens health; specifically prostate and testicular cancer.

 

Executive Managing Director Andrew Moore has embraced the challenge himself so that George can lead with it’s best lip forward, alongside several courageous colleagues around the building.

 

George House has an ambitious target of £1000, so let’s show them our support by donating anything you can.

 

http://www.justgiving.com/MovemberGeorgeHouse

Last Tuesday the George Store Development team had their away day, for the afternoon and they did a community project in Lutterworth. They brightened up a fence at a local school by painting it the house colours as chosen by the pupils. This was a fantastic achievement and the school were absolutely thrilled by the difference that it made it was also a great way of team building.

 

Would you like to do something within our local community? Our Colleague Voice want to encourage teams to invest some of their away day time into the community so please let us know if this something you would like to get involved in.

I attended the final of my region's Kwik Cricket event on Tuesday 14th June at Westgate Cricket Club. The weather was absolutely glorious!

All together there was 16 teams of 10 and around 50 to 70 spectators throughout the day. After I had set up the refreshments and fruit and handed it all out to the groups of very grateful children I walked around the two pitches and watched various games.

One parent of a child participating from Bowerham Primary School said: "It's very exciting and gives kids especially girls a chance to try the sport as it is a soft ball so not as scary."

I spoke to a pupil from Slyne with Hest and asked what he thought about Kwik Cricket. He said: "Fun, fast, enjoyable. It's good to make friends from other schools and it is better than being in class." A pupil from Westgate Primary School said it was "a good awesome team game."

The coordinator of the day was Steve Pemberton. I asked for a few words about the event and he said: "It's good to see so many kids enjoying themselves with the emphasis being on fun, participation, and fair play. Big thank you to Westgate Cricket Club and Asda for their support."

In the final match Bolton Le Sands beat Lancaster Road Primary School.

On Thursday 26^th May George House celebrated 21 years of quality, style and value with a special Birthday Big Brunch spreading the latest news to everyone, reflecting on what the business has achieved in the last 21 years and what our plans are for the future to continue our phenomenal success.

There was a celebration for the colleagues who have worked with George over the past two decades, what an achievement and a big congratulation to them all. 

Big Brunch was followed by a 1990’s themed fancy dress party which kicked off with the board of directors entering as the Spice Girls (there’s not many businesses where you would see that happen!). All the teams really got into the spirit of the day including the menswear team turning up as Baywatch, the People Team as the Flintstones whilst Central Operations turned into Heroes and Villains for the day.

Asda’s very own Owen Hickey lead the event where there was a food, fun and fizz including a music quiz which the Store Development team stormed getting 54 out of 60 questions right.

The day ended on a real high with Owen hosting a game of Play Your Card Rights with his dolly dealers egging the crowds with the old catchphrases “What do Point Make? Prizes!”

A fantastic day was had by all and everyone is very much looking forward to the next 21 years in business!

George House was packed to the rafters last Tuesday when over 400 colleagues from stores visited the home office to attend the bi-annual George Managers Conference.

The attendees had the opportunity to see some of new products and initiatives and got to hear all about our plans and priorities for the coming months from different colleagues over the business and the executive team.

The day ended on a real high with an award ceremony which recognised the star performers of last year and fashion show which had everyone on their feet clapping. 

George Store Development Christmas Lunch

Colleagues from George House doing their bit for Movember