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🎄🎁 The countdown to Christmas is on 🎁🎄 There’s just a few days of Christmas shopping left to go and whether you’re picking up some final bits this weekend, or just starting on your Christmas shopping list, our high street stores are ready with a wide range of products from a carefully curated selection of gifts to premium wrapping products. And for the little ones, our Toys“R”Us range is flying off the shelves of our 76 shop-in-shops across the UK, including nearly 5,000 adorable Geoffrey plushes sold to date. At WHSmith we’ve got everything customers need to make this holiday season extra special. #ChristmasCountdown #ToysRUsKid #XmasShopping #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith

✨ WHSmith Travel x The Smithies 🎬 ✨ Today our teams and colleagues from across our UK Travel and International support centre came together at The Smithies, an annual event recognising all the fantastic efforts to serve our customers across the year. A big congratulations to all our winners, runners up and nominees, and thank you again for your incredible contribution over these last 12 months 👏👏 #TravelSmithies #ColleagueRecognition #CelebratingExcellence #SupportCentreStars #OurPeople #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith

WHSmith recognised by TIME as one of the world’s most sustainable companies 🌳 Operating our global travel retail business in a responsible and sustainable way is a key part of our business journey. Which is why we are very proud to have been recognised not once but twice by TIME who in partnership with Statista, this year ranked WHSmith to be among the World’s Most Sustainable Companies, and in the top 50 of their new World’s Best Companies - Sustainable Growth ranking. This reflects the dedication we have as a team to minimise our impact on the planet, support our people right across our business and supply chain, and do good in the communities where we operate. But we know the hard work doesn’t stop and we are aiming to take bigger steps in the coming years on our journey towards a more sustainable business. 🌍 Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/esms_43j #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith

🎅🎄 Christmas jumper day at WHSmith We loved seeing lots of our colleagues’ festive knits out in force on Christmas Jumper Day this week. This was all for a good cause to support the incredible work done by Save the Children UK who make a real difference in the lives of children and families, especially at this special time of year.    Thank you to our fantastic teams across our stores, distribution centres and support centres who helped to bring a little extra joy and keep the festive spirit going! 💙🎁    #ChristmasJumperDay #SaveTheChildren #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith 

✨ Celebrating our amazing High Street team ✨  We were thrilled to host The Smithies, our annual award celebration, at our High Street support centre in Swindon yesterday. It was a brilliant event helping us to recognise the outstanding contributions of our colleagues whose dedication, hard work, and team spirit are at the heart of our success.    A huge congratulations to all the winners, and the wider High Street team who have worked incredibly hard for our customers each and every day this year! 🙌    #HighStreetSmithies #ColleagueRecognition #CelebratingExcellence #SupportCentreStars #OurPeople #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith 

Exciting news! Applications are now open for WHSprint, WHSmith's Graduate Programmes, kicking off in September 2025 🎓 We’re offering two tailored sprints to fast-track your career: ·      WHSprint - Business Graduate Programme ·      WHSprint - IT Graduate Programme 📽️ Watch the video and explore the link below for more details and to apply today ✨ https://lnkd.in/e_TgF4qr #WHSprint #WHSmithGraduates #WHSmithEarlyCareers #WHSmithForEveryCareerJourney #GradProgramme

Explore the joy of reading this Christmas 📚   At WHSmith, we know there's a tonne of benefits to reading a good book. Whether it's settling down on the sofa of an evening, or passing time on a commute. With 25 million books gifted each Christmas, we're thrilled to play our part in sharing the love of reading.   We caught up with Amy Ruffhead, WHSmith Marketing Executive, to find out which books she's adding to her must- read list this Christmas 👇   #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith

Our 2024 Annual Report is out now ✈️   As well as detailing the progress we’ve made this year in growing our global travel retail business, the report also outlines how we are tracking on our journey to a more sustainable business.   Being a responsible business is hugely important for our customers, colleagues and partners, and our sustainability strategy is a key part of how we operate as Nicki Woodhead, Director of Sustainability, talks through below.   Read our full 2024 Annual Report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/edHXYRGC

How we will ramp up our food offer across UK Travel stores in 2025   Our UK Travel MD Andrew Harrison recently spoke to The Grocer about expanding our food ranges this year as more customers search for quality choices on their journeys, and our plans to ramp up our offer further in 2025.   Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/e9C4JitX   #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith

Stuart Lawrence joins us for a powerful conversation 👏 We were honoured to have the Hon Dr Stuart Lawrence join us in our London support centre last week to share his journey from teacher to activist and help us reflect on the learnings from Black History Month. Stuart outlined his unwavering commitment to justice and his role in helping inspire new generations to speak out on race and build allyship beyond awareness.   Thank you to Stuart for sharing his powerful story and talking about the importance of standing up for what is right and how we can all build a more positive future. #ForEveryJourneyTheresAWHSmith #Inspiration #Empowerment