The 4 Day Week UK Pilot Programme

At the start of 2022, the 4 Day Week Campaign, 4 Day Week Global and Autonomy began recruiting companies and non-profit organisations to participate in a six-month trial. The design of the trial involved two months of preparation, with workshops, coaching, mentoring and peer support, drawing on the expertise of those who had already implemented four-day weeks in their own companies and individuals who had helped companies shift to shorter working hours. Participating organisations were asked to provide a small donation to help defray the costs of running the trials. In addition to support with preparation, the trials offered research, conducted by independent academic researchers at Boston College, University of Cambridge and Autonomy.

The following UK companies took part and have agreed to be named publicly:

1. 24/Three Consultants - Construction / Architecture (Rushden, Northamptonshire)

2. 5 Squirrels -  Health Manufacturing and Retail (Brighton and Hove)

3. Adzooma -  Tech/Advertising (Nottingham, Manchester and London)

4. AKA Case Management - Domiciliary Care (Nottingham, Birmingham, Sheffield, Manchester)

5. Amplitude Media Limited - Marketing (Northampton)

6. Ascendancy - Marketing (Newport, Shropshire)

7. Bedrock Learning Ltd - Software / Education (Norwich)

8. Bookishly - Retail (Northamptonshire)

9. Boom! Studios - Creative (Bangor)

10. Charity Bank - Banking (Tonbridge, Kent)

11. Citizens Advice Gateshead - Not for profit (Gateshead, Tyne)

12. Clarkson and Woods Limited - Environmental consulting (Somerset)

13. Debt Justice - Not for profit (London)

14. Everledger - Technology (London, Birmingham, Manchester (and global)

15. Evolution Money - Financial Services (Manchester)

16. Flatpack - Not for profit (Birmingham)

17. Furness Insurance Services - Insurance (London)

18. Frame 25 - Recruitment, Broadcasting & Media (Oxford)

19. Happy - Learning (London)

20. Helping Hands - Housing/Health and Social Care (Alcester, Warwickshire & branches nationwide)

21. Hutch - Games (London)

22. Kingston First - Not for profit (London)

23. Knights Absorb - Education provider (Guildford)

24. Literal Humans - Marketing/Advertising (London)

25. Loudmouth Media - Digital Marketing (Belfast, Dublin, Glasgow, London)

26. Merthyr Valley Homes - Housing (Merthyr Tydfil, Wales)

27. Mox London - Creative Agency (London)

28. Outcomes Based Healthcare - Healthcare Analytics (London)

29. Outcomes First Group - Care and Education services (Bolton)

30. Plattens Fish and Chips - Hospitality (Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk)

31. Pressure Drop Brewing - Brewing / manufacturing (London)

32. Rivelin Robotics - Digital Manufacturing (Sheffield)

33. Royal Society of Biology - Science & charity (London)

34. Scotland's International Development Alliance - Not for profit (Edinburgh)

35. Sensat - Construction Software (London)

36. SideQuest Ltd - VR / Gaming (Belfast)

37. Sounds Like These - Audio Production (London)

38. Stellar Asset Management - Finance (Liverpool)

39. Stemettes - Social enterprise (London)

40. TBL Services - Consultancy (Lancaster)

41. The Story Mob - Comms & PR Consultancy / Video games (London)

42. Trio Media - Digital Marketing (Leeds and London)

43. Tyler Grange - Environmental Consulting (Rendcomb, Cirencester)

44. Unity - PR and communications (London)

45. Waterwise - Not for profit (London)

46. We Are Purposeful - Not for profit (London)