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  • Company logo at the main entrance as evening nears at the United Biscuits Group offices, Hayes London

  • Flour delivery and football club shelter and bench in front of the Delacre biscuit production factory in Lambermont, Belgium.

  • A creative biscuit-making team exchange ideas in a private conference pod at the United Biscuits Group offices, Hayes London

  • Female employees package finished Moments biscuitsof at the United Biscuits-owned Delacre production factory in Lambermont

  • Seen through a window as daylight fades, an employee works late at the United Biscuits Group offices, Hayes London

  • Rows of freshly-made chocolate Moments biscuits on conveyor belt at the Delacre production factory in Lambermont, Belgium

  • Quality control workers sort through sub-standard Moments biscuits at the Delacre biscuit production factory in Lambermont

  • Quality control worker sorts through sub-standard Moments biscuits at the Delacre biscuit production factory in Lambermont

  • Seen through a window as daylight fades, an employee works late at the United Biscuits Group offices, Hayes London

  • A creative biscuit-making team exchange new marketing ideas in a private room at the United Biscuits Group offices, Hayes London

  • Long-after dark, a lady employee works late at the United Biscuits Group offices, Hayes London

  • The last person to leave the office is a conscientious lady employee of the biscuit and snack manufacturer United Biscuits at their UK headquarters at Hayes Park North near London England. Seen in a window surrounded bright ceiling lights, the female sits at her desk tying up loose ends before leaving for the day. As darkness falls outside, the red lights from tail lights streak across the picture and the green grass on a landscaped bank is lit by light posts. None of her work colleages have stayed on, preferring to depart to see their families at home on this winter night. Perhaps this career woman is single and an ambitious member of the team who can dedicate more time to her job..

  • Quality control worker sorts through sub-standard Moments biscuits at the Delacre biscuit production factory in Lambermont

  • Hygiene sign telling workers where to wash their hands in the United Biscuits-owned Delacre production factory in Lambermont

"The life of a McVitie's biscuit starts as a marketing idea at their headquarters where executives decide on toppings and packaging. Their big idea is eventually produced at a factory in industrial Belgium."

These 14 images come from the book The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work by Alain de Botton, published by Penguin in April 2009.

This gallery is part of a short series relating to this book, though their titles have in some cases been adapted for this...
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