Company overview

Something magical happens when we pause our screens and connect with real-life things to do.Experiencing quality time with family and friends is something we feel. It's time that nourishes us, makes us feel whole again and reconnects us with our community and ourselves.We learn new skills, spark curiosity and set imaginations free. We call it... Time Well Spent.At The Works, we don’t just sell products. We inspire reading, learning, creativity and play.You sell the paint that turns someone into an artist. You provide the book that unleashes an inner author. You supply the games that help bring families together. You give someone the puzzle book that reconnects them with a late family member’s memory.You never know who someone will become. So with your passion, and our products, you will help ignite the spark within people, allowing them to unleash their creativity, find new passions, hobbies, or rekindle fond memories.The unseen possibilities are limitless, and it all starts with you.Our Purpose:To inspire reading. learning, creativity and play.Our Values:We are Crafty | We are Caring | We are Can-doHybrid Working:Most of our teams at our Support Centre offer a flexible approach to Hybrid working. 1 or 2 days in the office per week usually does the job for us to work collaboratively, and we use Microsoft Teams for those virtual catch-ups.
Founded in 1981
Coleshill, England, GBR
1.5K employees (34 in marketing)

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People

Hiring activity

Open marketing jobs over time

1 open now

Headcount trend

Company growth over the last 12 months

Headcount +7.3% year over year

Funding

Last raise

Private Equity, 18 years ago

Funding history

Jan 2008

Private Equity Round The Works

Audience

Monthly website visitors
34K
Month over month+44%
Quarter over quarter-43.5%
Top sourceSearch (40.5%)
Ad budget per month$0.0
Average search rank52.3
Traffic source mix
Search
40.5%
Direct
31.2%
Referral
21.2%
Social
6.2%
Paid referral
0.7%

LinkedIn followers

Follower count and growth

Total followers

18.2K

12-mo growth

+20.4%

Monthly growth

+2.8%

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