Life at MVF
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 16:29
SOMEONE TOLD Tom, one of our most recent new starters, that we have a healthy culture of baking here at MVF. If that person’s plan was to get some cakes out of him it worked, because the very next day Tom appeared with -->this--> tray of MVF treats.
These were arranged in the kitchen for us to help...
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 15:02
GENEROUS MVF employees raided their store cupboards to help stock a local foodbank.
Huge amounts of non-perishable goods were collected by MVF’s corporate social responsibility board, with this project headed by UK leads team supervisor, Becky Harper.
The foodbanks, which can be found all over the...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 16:21
ONE DAY rain, the next day shine. This weather keeps getting curiouser and curiouser…
To celebrate the arrival of both spring and nine new members of our MVF family (we're still growing) the socials committee decided an Alice in Wonderland themed Culture Day would be a good idea, and they were...
Monday, April 29, 2013 - 15:31
MVF EMPLOYEES have now got even more to shout about after being given a brand new discount key.
The red key fob gives workers discounts at a plethora of shops, cafes and salons around Kentish Town and Camden.
Hungry staff members can now get 20% off at the Assembly House, a pub near Kentish Town...
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 10:39
SINCE THIS January just gone by, MVF has made twenty two hires, mostly graduates and for positions in all departments of the company. We have a tradition here, to give them a proper welcome on the last Friday of every month. We call it the New Starters’ Drinks.
The idea is for everyone to meet the...
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 15:20
THE MYSTERIOUS email came at 9:28 am in the last workday before Easter.
“Morning MVF’ers,
There are over 100 mini eggs, several medium size eggs and 2 big gold ones hidden all around the office. The areas include meeting rooms, kitchens and the reception area. You have 15 minutes to find them...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 15:15
A NEW kingpin was crowned recently, at our annual MVF Bowlarama.
Josh, a striking young man from the Email team, unleashed a kind of zen bowling that was too consistent and smooth for the rest of us to keep up. Usually we work and win as a team, recently ranking among the Sunday Times Best 100...
Monday, February 18, 2013 - 15:04
MVF’s YOGA sessions run on Tuesdays and Thursdays after work, in the new space we have downstairs. After sitting at a desk for a number of hours it’s great to have the opportunity to do some meditative exercise and stretch the old limbs.
Many of us run, cycle or swim at lunchtime, but this is...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 13:51
LAST FRIDAY was Burn’s Night. We were treated to a hearty Burn’s Supper of haggis, neeps ‘n tatties, with a wee dram of whisky sauce prepared by MVF’s patriotic Scots, in celebration of Scotland’s best loved Bard.
To fit it into our lunch-hour, we celebrated the Ploughman Poet’s birthday without...
Monday, December 17, 2012 - 16:17
THE CLIP-CLOP of hooves on the rooftop told us the time had come for the MVF Christmas lunch. Our team consists of over a hundred people, spread over two offices, and the queue for food was as long and winding as a string of fairy lights.
We have a tradition here, of celebrating our different...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 13:02
WE CELEBRATED MVF’s fourth culture day recently with a fine feast. This time: Jewish Day.
Josh and Sam were our surrogate Jewish mothers for the day: providing Klezmer music and enough delicious food for everyone to feel properly overfed and very satisfied.
The kitchen doors opened and in rolled...
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 12:11
A SPOOKY night for MVF:
The moon was full and air filled with howls of wolves and shrieks of banshees. Welcome to MVF Global at Halloween.
The MVF Global kitchen had been transformed from a hygienic polished-surface lunching space to a haunted abattoir draped with cobwebs by the flesh-eating black...