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We loved celebrating World Book Day at WHSmith yesterday! WHSmith have a long legacy of championing children’s literacy. Thank you to all our staff that got involved.
This week, our Group CEO Carl Cowling joined WiHTL - Diversity in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure and Diversity in Retail Chair Tea Colaianni for a panel discussion with retail leaders across the industry to talk driving gender balance and diversity. Taking place ahead of the FTSE Women Leaders Report on gender leadership in British business, this insightful and motivating discussion really highlights the importance of championing diversity across our industry. #WIHTL #DIR #WomenInLeadership #FTSEWomenLeadersReview #OurJourneytoBetter #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith
WHSmith Australia is proud to announce their support as a partner for Sydney WorldPride 2023! Working in collaboration with the Sydney WorldPride team, we will be hosting several activations to align with peak travel to and from the Sydney event. WHSmith stores in airport locations across the country will feature prominent creative and dedicated WorldPride spaces for customers to shop, with our stores serving as welcoming rest stops for travellers. WHSmith Australia is proud to play our part welcoming and serving travellers to Sydney WorldPride 2023 and we wish everyone a safe and enjoyable celebration! #WHSmithAustralia #SydneyWorldPride #WorldPride #Sydney #travelretail #airports #retail #airportretail #travel
Yesterday marked the opening of our first M&S Food store in Rail, operated under franchise, at Glasgow Queen Street station. This new store provides customers on the move with a great convenience offer and the opportunity to grab a quick snack for the train or pick something up on their way home! We very much look forward to welcoming customers to the store.
At WHSmith we partner with Working Mums, Working Dads and Working Wise to find great people for our roles. We are continuing to work with them to build an inclusive organisation, ensuring we are tapping into all talent groups in the market and understanding how we can create an environment where all of our people are able to thrive. #WHSmith #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith #OurJourneyToBetter
What better way to kick start 2023 than to celebrate our annual People awards - The Smithies - and recognise all the great talent we have here at WHSmith! The awards have recognised our colleagues from across our UK Travel, International and High Street head office teams, with winners scooping up prizes in a range of categories from Entrepreneurial Spirit, Innovation and Creativity, Accountability Hero, Behind the Scenes Wonder and Stores Champion, to Team of the Year, Above and Beyond, Inspirational Leader, International Superstar and Rising Star, with special CEO awards presented as well. Congratulations to all our winners, runners up and nominees, and thank you again for your incredible contribution to the WHSmith Group over these last 12 months. #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith #WHSmith #Smithies #Awards
Today we released our Trading update ahead of our AGM for the 20 week period to 14 January 2023. We have delivered a strong performance, with Group revenue up 41% on last year. The Group is in its strongest ever position as a global travel retailer with total Travel revenue up 77% on last year and over 130 stores won and yet to open – and we are confident of another year of significant growth in 2023. Our High Street division also delivered a good performance. A huge thank you to our entire team across the globe.
We are pleased to announce that, for the third year running, WHSmith has been selected for inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as one of the top eleven global sustainability leaders in the retail sector, recognising our responsible ESG performance. The DJSI is based on S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA). Congratulations to all those included. To learn more about our journey, visit our website for our recently published Annual Sustainability Report, which details our commitments to minimising our impact on the planet, engaging our people, and contributing to our communities #OurJourneyToBetter #DJSI #WHSmith #ESG #Sustainability
At WHSmith, we’re proud to support the communities where our stores, distribution centres and head offices operate. This Christmas we’ve worked with The Abbey Centre, a community centre local to our London Head Office, and Nickie Aiken MP to donate products as Christmas gifts to support their efforts to help families in need within the constituency give their children a Christmas gift this year. #OurJourneyToBetter #WHSmith
We are committed to reducing the environmental impacts of our operations and our supply chain, and we recognise that disclosure is the first step in effective action. We are delighted to share that WHSmith has been named on CDP's Climate Change A List for our commitment to environmental transparency We are also pleased to share that the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has approved WHSmith’s near-term science-based emissions reduction target. Visit our website for further information about our journey to becoming a more sustainable business! #OurJourneyToBetter #CDPAList #SBTi #WHSmith #ESG #Sustainability
