I guess ten years does feel like a long time ago, but it’s an odd feeling actually, because it’s also all gone by very quickly. What was actually started as a bit of a stop gap, has turned into something much bigger.

In our update last week we told you we’d be returning to our ‘usual’ posts this week, but we thought it would be a little churlish not to follow up with an update on Andy Bowie’s Everesting Challenge.

Last month the founder of 50 Degrees, Andy Bowie, lost his father-in-law (Stuart Cunningham) as a result of an inoperable brain tumour. In memory of Stuart, and to raise money for the Brain Tumour Charity, Andy is going to do an Everesting challenge – which means… cycling up and down a hill until he reaches the height of Mt Everest, 8,848m or c29,000ft.

Our partnership with 4OC is in full swing… we’ve been working hard to deliver a £40m bid and mobilisation contract.

Deadlines define our business, probably as much as anything else. Bidding is high pressure, it’s tight timescales, it’s about producing your best under difficult circumstances. And the deadline is always looming. It’s always there. Tick tock.

It’s too soon to make a sensible prediction on exactly what Covid-19 will do to the unemployment rate, but we think it’s safe to say that it’s not going to be good. 

We strip out the sales flannel. We show. We don’t tell. We think about what the customer needs in the future, not about making what’s happening today look shiny.

We thought we’d give you a quick whistle stop tour of what’s been going on at 50 Degrees over the last twelve months.

We’ve been been telling our clients what to expect over the last few months… and the statement from the Chancellor yesterday confirmed our thinking.

The nature of the economy has changed. Growth in the gig economy, self-employment and a demand for a greater work life balance has created a more flexible labour market.

We offer leadership, direction and support across all stages of the bid cycle, into mobilisation, go-live and then ongoing performance improvement.

We’re really pleased to announce our new partnership with 4OC, ‘the organisation for organisational change’.