15/04/2026
We’re proud to share that we have formally adopted a four‑day working week. After a successful six‑month trial, we have now been awarded Gold Standard accreditation by the 4 Day Week Foundation — a recognition given to employers who permanently reduce working hours while maintaining full pay.
This decision has been a long time in the making. Over the past six months, we’ve carefully tested how a shorter working week would function across our projects, our client relationships, and our internal workflows. Alongside the trial, we carried out extensive research and spoke with fellow B Corp businesses who have already made the shift. Their insights helped us shape an approach that works for our team, our clients, and our practice.
We know that adopting a four‑day week comes with responsibility. We want to demonstrate that this model can work in a design‑led, consultancy‑based environment — and we hope our experience can support other businesses considering the same step.
As a certified B Corp, we hold ourselves to high standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Prioritising purpose alongside profit means balancing the needs of our workers, our communities, and the planet. Moving to a four‑day week is a natural extension of these values — a way to support wellbeing, create space for life outside work, and build a more sustainable future for our team.
We remain dedicated to creating spaces that people love to spend time in, across Cornwall and the UK, shaped by community, heritage, and the natural environment. A four‑day week reinforces that mission. By investing in our team’s wellbeing, we’re better placed to produce landscape‑led design that is considered, resilient, and sustainable.
Read more of our recent coverage here: https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/cornwall-design-firm-moves-four-10894382
