Careers at Focus Brands

Our Company Benefits

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  Up to 30 days holiday

  We recognise that annual leave is vital to promote good physical and mental health in the workplace. Our employees’ get a competitive holiday allowance which increases by 1 day per year, to a maximum of 30 days (FTE).
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  Free onsite parking

  We have plenty of free onsite parking available at all of our locations, so you don’t have to worry about finding a spot first thing in the morning.
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  Sportswear discounts

  As a subsidiary of the JD Group, our employees are given access to the JD Group Discount scheme and also receive significant discounts on brands such as ellesse.
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  Early finish Fridays

  Office employees finish work an hour earlier on Fridays, getting an early start to the weekend and improving that all important work-life balance.
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  Pension scheme

  Pension schemes help maintain standard of living in retirement, and savings provide important supplemental income for unforeseen expenses. Our employees are auto enrolled into a personal workplace pension with The People’s Pension scheme to help them to save for retirement through contributions deducted direct from their wages.
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  Health & wellbeing

  Around a third of people have reported their mental health worsening since the pandemic hit in March 2020. Focus Brands has invested time and resources into training Health & Safety Representatives and Mental Health First Aid Responders to support employees across all sites and nominated MIND as their chosen charity for 2022/23.
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  Learning and Development

  We’ve partnered with our colleagues at JD Group to piggyback on their amazing 13-week management development programme (MDP). Through coaching, mentoring and on-the-job learning, the MDP helps sponsored managers/ supervisors within the business to become the best manager they can be, with the added benefit of a City & Guilds qualification in Leadership (ILM assured) to solidify their achievement.
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  Group Life Assurance (GLA)

  GLA provides a benefit on an employee’s death in service. This can be a lump sum payable to nominated beneficiaries or a taxable pension payable to the employee’s dependants, or both. This is an enhanced benefit and eligibility is dependant on job grade.
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  Group Income Protection (GIP)

  GIP insurance enables Focus Brands to pay employees a percentage of continued income if illness or injury prevents them from working for a prolonged period of time. This is an enhanced benefit and eligibility is dependant on job grade.
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  Group Critical Illness (GCI)

  GCI cover is a type of insurance that pays out a tax-free lump sum if you’re diagnosed with, or undergo surgery for, a critical illness. This is an enhanced benefit and eligibility is dependant on job grade.
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  Group Private Health Insurance (GPHI)

  PHI lets you claim for the cost of private medical care, rather than paying for it yourself or using a publicly funded health services like the NHS. This is an enhanced benefit and eligibility is dependant on job grade.
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  Social Events

  We have an internal committee in place for planning amazing social events across the business. From Christmas parties across the UK, old school summer sports-days or Friday night drinks in the local pub, there is always something going on!