It’s what makes our business wonderfully human.
We know that when you have the freedom and the confidence to be yourself, you make more meaningful connections with people – that’s colleagues and customers.
And when we make those connections, collectively – we create a sense of belonging. For everyone here.
We’ve made it a priority to create an environment where being yourself is not only possible, it’s encouraged. Our values, built by our own Colleagues, help us create a culture where being yourself is celebrated – and it’s something we all work towards.
We love hearing about all the brilliant things our Remarkable People bring to life at Buzz. Here’s just a few:
We want to thank everyone who took part in our Presenter of the Year competition this year. We are truly astounded by the talented presenters we have here at Buzz and were blown away with everyone’s passion!
After counting all of our colleague votes here on Zingo, alongside our customer votes on buzzbingo.com, we’re super excited to reveal our 6 finalists who will be going through to our Grand Final which will be live streamed from the Live Bingo studio in Derby to all clubs on Sunday 15th September.
We recently got our whole HR team together to discuss what we are doing as a team, and as part of the wider Buzz support team. It was a great opportunity to look forward, and also to reflect on our successes. Our Recruitment Managers Susie Sidlow and Alice Marshall were both recognised for their hard work across their roles.
Well done both of you, your hard work is so important and we are proud to have you on our team.
On a cold, very wet Saturday Afternoon on 13th July we took on the Race for Life Pretty Muddy at Town Moor Newcastle raising over £4k for Cancer Research
Massive thank you’s to Vicky Stavers, Kyle Kennedy,Kim McCarthy, Sam Hayward who joined me from Washington Club and Donna Shaw and Jon Doran from Sunderland Club who were all part of the Shake Your Balls Team and made a huge effort in their fundraising 🙌🙌🙌
An amazing effort all round from these remarkable people I am lucky to call my colleagues. Well done everyone 🏃♀️➡️🏃♂️🏃♀️➡️🏃♂️🏃♀️➡️🏃♂️
Today I got the news that I didn’t pass my Learning & Development Practitioner apprenticeship!!….infact I only went and got a Distinction (had to read it far too many times to make sure it was meant for me!!) I couldn’t be happier or shocked by this.
Academia never suited me but the challenge of not succeeding down a formal education route has always been an absolute bug bear for me. Always feeling like something was wrong for not hacking it! And feeling like it would hold me back!
As for apprenticeships…. My advice is, it isn’t for the faint hearted! It’s been tough, and as someone who loves learning new things. I’ve learnt an awful lot, not just from the apprenticeship itself (not that I realised it at the time!) but outside of it too! Time management and prioritisation certainly being one of those things! But to get to the end and pass like this… what a feeling and for anyone who is considering an apprenticeship come and have a chat, I promise I won’t hold back!
Emma Cooper, Learning & Development Designer
We’ve got some truly Remarkable People here at Buzz, and one of them is our Head of Retail Operations, Mark St-Claire. This Saturday, Mark tackled an incredible challenge—a 100-mile race to raise vital funds for Adoption UK.
The event, known as the Robin Hood 100, takes runners through the beautiful Sherwood Forest and surrounding villages. Participants must finish within 30 hours, but Mark has set an ambitious goal of completing the race in just 24 hours!
We are really proud of our inclusive culture at Buzz, which is grounded in our company Values. We want every one of our Remarkable People to know they belong here, which is why we are committed to being a company where everyone can be themselves. Offering opportunities for people to grow both personally and professionally means we get to and truly shine.
We know that we’re a business built on our ability to bring people together. The sense of connection that brings – with our Customers and with each other- really matters to us.
Culture in any company is always a work in progress and it’s something we work really hard to continue to develop. And we want all our Remarkable People to be a part of that. We’ll always make sure that everyone has a voice here, and that importantly, we’ll listen. Always.