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Want to know how we're performing as a business in a Covid world? Read our July 2020 Trading Statement. Find the full report here: https://bit.ly/2X2avqU We're very proud of everyone at Next and we want to say a huge thank you to all our people. They have shown great resilience and adaptation during this time. Over the last 13 weeks we've been able to gain greater clarity on our online capabilities during lockdown and the state of consumer demands. We are now more optimistic about the outlook for the full year than we were at the height of the pandemic. Here are the key points: Full price sales in the second quarter were down -28% against last year. This is much better than we expected and an improvement on the best-case scenario given in our April Trading Statement. Online Warehouse picking and despatch capacity is now back at normal levels and UK and Eire stores are now open and more robust. Full year profit before tax, based on our new central sales scenario, is now estimated at £195m . New central scenario year end net debt is forecast to reduce by c.£460m
Come see what the new world of Next IT is like during Covid-19 and how our people all over the country are adapting their work and life at Next. In this series we will take you behind the scenes, show you how our teams are evolving and their experience is on working remotely and in lockdown. Tune in every Saturday evening on our YouTube channel as we'll be bringing you a NEW episode of the IT Lockdown Chat. And don't forget to SUBSCRIBE why you are there! https://www.youtube.com/lifeatnext
Pride Month 2020, is going to very different from any other year because of the the global pandemic of Covid-19. But that's not going to stop Next celebrating with it's LGBT+ employees! We're still going to be celebrating and supporting the LGBT+ community throughout June 2020 in a safe and fun way. Next will not be able to physically celebrate Pride events in 2020 but will still want people to bring their whole selves to Next so they can build stronger relationships and grow! Pride at Next was launched back in 2019 and the purpose is to empower LGBT Plus individuals to collaborate and share experiences to ensure that they can be the very best they can and achieve their full potential in a positive and supportive working environment. For more information on how we support our LGBT+ communities and to gets support yourself, visit: https://pride.go.next
We want our people to feel safe, work safe and are safe so we asked the Next Warehouse teams what they think of the new safety measures so they can still work during Covid-19. This video will give you a first hand description of what they think to the new measures and why they want to come back and work for Next during the pandemic. There has been lots of change and improvements to make sure that staff safety is always the number one priority. We've put additional social distancing measures in our warehouses to ensure that are staff are always 2 metres apart. This includes staggered entry and a mone way system in warehouse aisles to ensure there's no crossover of staff. There's extra sanitiser for all our warehouse people, we have installed new sinks so people can frequently wash their hands and extra seating in the staff rest areas that are at least 2 metres apart. For a closer look at how we’ll begin safely taking orders, click here: https://www.next.co.uk/how-we-are-working-safely-for-you https://youtu.be/Sin3JOg6TtU
We’ve reworked our warehouses to create even safer spaces for our people to work in during Covid-19. We've been working tirelessly to implement lots of new measures for our staff that want to come and work. It's important to us... and we know that it's important to you. We want our people to feel safe, work safe and are safe. We've put additional social distancing measures in our warehouses to ensure that are staff are always 2 metres apart. This includes staggered entry and a mone way system in warehouse aisles to ensure there's no crossover of staff. We've made sure there's extra sanitiser for all our warehouse people, we have installed new sinks so people can frequently wash their hands and extra seating in the staff rest areas that are at least 2 metres apart. For a closer look at how we’ll begin safely taking orders from today, click here: https://www.next.co.uk/how-we-are-working-safely-for-you https://youtu.be/pu4TTD3EB_s
Today we launched our 'Wellbeing at Home' hub to help support our people with their mental wellbeing during Covid-19. It's a big part of our culture at Next and of course we don’t want this to stop because everyone is at home. The hub is somewhere that our employees and families can access lots of different guides, videos, hints and tips. It will keep on growing, full of employee recommendations and is free. A complete coincidence we launched this on #WorldHelathyDay, but we think very appropriate. Yes, it is for Next Employees but there's lots of information on the site that we think would be helpful for everyone! Please feel free to check it out to: https://bit.ly/2x8Fwjf
We recently closed our stores temporarily and to ensure the safety of all our staff we have now closed our Online, Warehouse and Distribution operations until further notice. We know you will understand why we have had to close at this time and we want to say a huge Thank You to our NEXT family - we hope you all remain safe and healthy. #lifeatnext
Although we are experiencing times of uncertainty, we wanted to share our Full Year Results from January 2019 - January 2020 📊 We are very proud of what our people have achieved and how they are adapting in these challenging times. Headlines: NEXT Brand full price sales were up +4.0% ⬆️ Brand total sales were up +3.5% on last year ✅ Group profit before tax was up +0.8% 👍 Earnings Per Share (EPS) were up +5.6% on last year. ✍️ Group profit of £728.5m was just ahead of the guidance of £727m 📰 In the months ahead there will be many challenges to the way we work as the pandemic develops and we are putting plans in place to protect our employees, comply with differing levels of Government restrictions and cope with illness throughout the business. To see the full report, follow the link here - https://www.nextplc.co.uk/
It's time to Feel The Love and we're celebrating by introducing you to some of our couples at Head Office. First up... Michael and Molly! 💖 Michael and Molly have been together for 4 years! Michael joined our Product Legislation team 6 years ago and through our Employee Referral Scheme, referred girlfriend Molly to a job in HR! 🙌 Want to know more about their #lifeatnext? Then get ready to watch, listen and laugh as they tell us the in's and out's of their relationship! Watch more videos like this on our Youtube Channel and don't forget to subscribe. https://youtu.be/uXXymTX1Dt0
Overseeing the opening of 120 stores in his 32 years at #lifeatnext, Mike Fielding, Regional Manager for the North is now retiring! We can't thank him enough for the dedication he has shown to his role 👍Share some 💖 and congratulate Mike on this great achievement. Happy Retirement Mike 🎉 Check out all the roles in retail in our job section!
