Our Social Value

Butterfly Data is proud to announce its recent certification as a B-Corporation, demonstrating our unwavering dedication to upholding high standards of social and environmental responsibility. When you partner with us, you're not just choosing a service provider; you're aligning with a company deeply committed to ethical business practices and making a meaningful, positive impact in the world.

We pride ourselves on our unwavering commitment to data security, continuously striving to provide our clients with the peace of mind that comes from knowing their information is safeguarded. Our cutting-edge solutions are designed to effectively combat the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats, ensuring that your digital environment remains secure.

Well-Being

Vitality Health Insurance

At Butterfly Data, we have 3 qualified Mental Health First Aiders as we believe in the well-being of our employees. That's why we offer Vitality Health Insurance, ensuring comprehensive coverage and access to a wide network of healthcare providers. With Vitality Health Insurance, our employees can take charge of their health, benefit from various wellness programs, and enjoy peace of mind knowing that their health needs are taken care of. We prioritize the vitality and happiness of our team, and providing quality health insurance is just one way we demonstrate our commitment to their overall well-being.

Mental Health at Work Commitment

At Butterfly Data, we prioritise the mental well-being of our team members as an integral part of our company culture. We understand the importance of mental health in the workplace and are committed to providing a supportive and compassionate environment for all employees. Through regular check-ins, open communication, and access to resources, we strive to create a space where individuals feel valued, understood, and empowered to prioritise their mental wellness. Our commitment to mental health extends beyond words, as we actively promote work-life balance, offer mental health days, and provide educational opportunities to increase awareness and understanding.

Check out our blogs

Blog Overview

SAS Fans 2024 - Understanding Analogies in Data - Part 2

Analogies can be overused and can be used in many difference situations, and this can be distracting.

As an example, using the Recipe analogy is a good way for describing different concepts and ideas…

SAS Fans 2024 - Understanding Analogies in Data - Part 1

As our very own Henry Newman-Burke looks to present at SAS Fans on Wednesday, 27th November, he will be sharing his take on ‘What if Santa was moving house?’ A presentation which shares the festive view of analogies used…

Why Do We All Talk About Data Like It’s Water?

I was in a meeting recently and had the horror of witnessing someone referring to a data ingestion process as “the data being slurped in”. Once I’d recovered from this moment, it did get me thinking, why are we all so obsessed with talking about data like its water?

Mental Health First Aiders - What are They?

We wanted to share some insight as to what Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) are all about, what benefits come from having MHFAs within your workplace, and to inform our readers that Butterfly Data now has staff that are qualified MHFAs…

Introducing a Key Functionality Change

Whilst recently driving home from our Butterfly Christmas party I discovered at entirely the least opportune time that Google had seen fit to make a pretty impactful functionality change…

Google, ‘Free Services’, and The Cost of Free

I cannot actually remember the first time I ever ‘Googled’ something. For many years my search engine of choice was Dogpile (which likely really dates me!)…

Big Data LDN 2022

I recently attended Big Data LDN, one of the biggest tech exhibitions and conferences in London and I was really excited by the latest kind of technology that was being showcased…

The QR Code Comeback

The Quick Response, or QR code, was originally invented by car manufacturer Denso Wave in 1994 to track car parts as they were being built on Japanese assembly lines. The chief engineer Hara Masahiro drew his inspiration for the codes from his passion for board gaming..

Limited Instruction Set

One of the first ever programming environments I used was a scripting language inbuilt into my Texas Instruments TI-83 calculator, which I needed for my Maths A-level…

World Well-Being Week

This was the 4th year running for the World Wellbeing Week (WWW), which is held annually in the last week of June. The need for WWW came to light throughout the pandemic…

When is Training not Training?

One of my pet peeves when working in the education sector was the attitude often taken to training. It would not be uncommon for someone to spend, what often appeared to be, a relaxed day away and then return declaring themselves to have been ‘trained’ on some important subject that was going to revolutionise learning…

Technoevolution

Last month while exploring Madrid I visited El Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología de España (MUNCYT) [National Museum of Science and Technology]. An exhibition on product development over the last 150 years caught my attention for a couple of reasons. The description read:

All objects we are using, at this very moment, are doomed to obsolescence…

Mental Health Awareness

Here at Butterfly Data we care for the mental wellbeing of our staff and to evidence our dedication to this, we have signed up to the Mental Health at Work Commitment (MHAWC)…

Where has the Time Gone?

Do you ever find yourself asking yourself at the end of the day “where has the time gone?!” With the ever-increasing plethora of modern technology available, much of which is designed to make our daily tasks quicker and easier, it would be simple to assume that life would be less hectic…

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