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or say hello@the-nursery.net
As I rejoin the working world after 9+ months on maternity leave, the powers at The Nursery thought it only fair I reflect on what starting a family in 2020 has been like.
It would be lovely to write a piece on how my experience compared to the norm. But, as a first-time mum, I have only ever known raising a tiny human in a pandemic world – a strange thought. Instead, I will leave it to the...
It’s no secret the ad world had a unique challenge ahead of them with this year’s Christmas ads roadshow. So much to consider and grapple with - how do you appeal to all when division and dissent have somewhat defined the year in more ways than one? Having said that, the spotlight has also been on more positive things like unity, community, the importance of friends, family and the simpler...
Whether it's the ingredients for your dinner, the latest beauty must haves or even treats and toys for your pets, the chances are you can get everything you’re looking for, and more, delivered straight to your doorstep without having to really think about it, all thanks to the subscription box. The rise of the subscription box has been steadily rumbling away over the past decade, but this year...
Brand, communications and experience specialist The Nursery announced today (19th November 2020) its conversion to employee ownership with immediate effect. The move sees ownership transferred to a Trust set up for the benefit of all employees.
Founded in 2001, The Nursery has seen double digit growth in recent years and acquired experience and data specialist Arkenford in 2018. The...
Us Brits love our summer holidays. It’s the one or two weeks of the year where we set our ‘out of office’, pack our bags & jet off to a new destination. It’s a chance to escape the unpredictable British weather & instead indulge ourselves in some guaranteed sun, sand & sea.
However, this year it was not the reality. Borders were closed, flights were cancelled & hotels were shut...
Back in the summer we booked a holiday, like everyone else who could, in the UK. We went for a combination of city-break and coastal walking in N Ireland and I eagerly scanned the travel websites looking for options. Quite a few hotels popped up with deals. This was looking promising, a real treat, a bit of an indulgence and a long time since I had been to a hotel for leisure rather than work....
Extremely proud and excited that The Nursery has been named a finalist at the 2020 Market Research Society (MRS) Awards for Creative Development Research for our work with Shell.
Well done to all the other nominees – see you on Monday 7th December!
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When the news came that lockdown was imminent, the whole world started feeling very nervous. My personal version of these nerves kicked in fully. Apart from the obvious threat of getting sick from what we now know is an awful disease, the added pressure of work was on. I had accepted my new job way before we knew the real severity of the pandemic. I was working out my notice before starting...
I am sure that I read somewhere that the three most stressful life events people go through are moving to a new house, changing jobs and having a baby. I’ve done all three and would have to say shifting all my possessions from one pile of bricks to another two miles down the road is pretty high on my ranking.
I’m not alone: in a 2015 Which survey 70% of respondents said selling their house was...
COVID has created a new lens for people to view brands through, a lens with higher expectations. People now have opinions on how companies treat their staff, how tuned in or tone-deaf brands have been in their communications and how values or priorities have been revealed during the pandemic. This is not necessarily about winners or losers in lockdown, but rather how an extraordinary event of...
At its core, social media is sharing. Some people use it as a virtual diary, the morning newspaper, for sheer laughter and entertainment, to engage in hot topics or even to feel like they are collectively watching a show with millions of others.
No one can question the creative flair that exists in these virtual social spheres. From memes to dances, social media is a creative melting pot of...
It apparently takes an average of 2 months to form a habit, and around 9 months to properly embed one. It struck me that it’s now been 5 months since we were first told to stay at home, so habits formed during these difficult and strange few months might be starting to set in – in theory at least!
I’ve been reflecting on which lifestyle changes I’ve made and kept, and which have already proven...
It was mid-May and every time I looked out of the window for my 4pm daze he’d be at it again. Using my front wall as a prop to practice his press ups, checking his form in a car window - a patch of pavement on a quiet side street had become this man’s exercise oasis.
It wasn’t just my new friend; lockdown liberated the masses to start or try new forms of exercise. Local parks transformed into...
It’s hard to believe that it’s only 4 months since The Nursery, like every other research company, had to switch our face to face interviewing to the virtual world, literally overnight. This created a huge shift in our working styles and practices. It feels like a lifetime ago.
As workplaces tentatively emerge from lockdown, there is plenty of discussion to be had about what parts of our...
Our clients and partners are gathering data all the time. Recently we have noticed a few common issues being voiced:
Open up any article relating to Covid-19 and video gaming and it becomes apparent that the sector is revelling in lockdown. Use of video games has exploded as it becomes the way for millions of people to pass the time and stay connected without contracting Coronavirus.
But does this bubble have to burst?
At present, all we see are stats to confirm growth; increase in volumes of...
Over the past few weeks we have been talking to several clients interested in carrying out qual research but who then hesitate before they give us the green light. It doesn’t seem to make sense, they say, if we talk to people in these strange / weird / unprecedented / uncertain (delete according to preference) times as they are emerge from lockdown, their responses will be very different from...
Nine weeks into lockdown and we’re inching towards release. It’s not going to be business as usual, but it’ll certainly be one step closer.
What have we done with our time inside? And how can we prepare for the next phase of our lives as we emerge from our bunkers blinking into the sunlight?
At home I realise it’s been a combination of activities that will have set me up for the next stage.
For...
What we previously knew as normal has well and truly gone, certainly for now, and the vast majority of us will have been at home now for almost two months. Now we all love being at home, spending time at home with our family and getting home after a long/stressful day at work. But when we were first told that we had to almost permanently stay at home; to work from home, that almost all places...
Our homes, our kitchen and linen cupboards, our businesses, and even ourselves are transforming as we spend time at home. My current weekend project is turning a solid patch of concrete builder’s rubble into a new garden. It’s fair to say at the start I had no idea how to do this. 42 days into Lockdown later I’ve watched a few YouTubes, borrowed a fork, found some pegs and some string....
The pandemic has fundamentally affected the way we relate to the food we eat and as we experience lockdown it has become a source of comfort and reassurance as well as basic physical sustenance.
In many ways it feels as if we have travelled back in time: ‘back to the 1950s’ is a phrase we keep hearing when we speak to people about how their lives have changed since the pandemic forced us all...
Amidst the on-going global health crisis and direct damage it causes – namely, temporary closures of many businesses and overall economic stagnation – video gaming industry as a whole, starts to soar high as seemingly never before. Reports from various sources indicate massive surge in online traffic related to video-gaming [1], number of...
My morning routine for years has been to get up in a blur at 7am, grabbing a cereal bar to scoff on the way before diving out my flat and on to the tube, with no more than a rushed ‘see you later’ to my boyfriend.
The last time I did this was three weeks ago, but it may as well have been three years ago as so much has changed since then.
It has been hard to adjust. I have more time on my hands. I...
We are delighted to announce that The Nursery has been officially accredited as an Investors in People business. This recognises The Nursery as an industry leader in developing and supporting its people and followed a rigorous assessment process.
The Investors in People Standard sets out the criteria for high performance through people based on a framework of leading, supporting and...
10 days ago, my breakfast bar suddenly became my home office. In an attempt to make it a more...