UK Bank Holidays & Other days we'll be closed throughout 2026

Important information - please read

Throughout the year, there are some days when we will be closed for things like UK public holidays and team get-togethers.

We try to give as much notice as possible so that you can plan ahead with submitting work to your designers and minimise disruption to design work being delivered.

Here are our planned dates throughout 2026 when we will be closed:

If you're a UK-based Design Cloud customer, you'll already know (and be looking forward to) the dates for this year's bank holidays.

If you're a non-UK customer, here's a list of the days that we'll be closed, along with the rest of the country:

We're adding additional days off around the bank holidays for our team in 2026. We'll be closed on Friday 1st May, Friday 22nd May & Friday 28th August to give everyone an extended break.

UK bank holidays are typically on a Monday, with the exception of Easter weekend - which is Friday and Monday.
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Here's what this means for your requests if we are closed on a Monday:

​Friday before a Bank Holiday Monday

If your designer starts work on a new request or a major revision from your queue on the Friday before the bank holiday, you'll get the first draft or revisions back on the following Tuesday.

All new requests submitted on the Friday before the bank holiday will be added to your queue and picked up from the following Tuesday.

Easter Bank Holiday Weekend 2026

If your designer starts work on a new request or a major revision from your queue on Thursday 2nd April, you'll get the first draft or revisions back on Tuesday 7th April.

All new requests submitted on Friday 3rd April or Monday 6th April will be added to your queue and picked up from Tuesday 7th April onwards.

You'll still be able to access our platform to submit new requests, reply with revisions and download files while we are closed.

We're a remote-first team and most of us don't get the opportunity to spend time together day-to-day, so every quarter, we get the whole team together for food, drinks, and team-building activities in Manchester.

Here are the planned dates for 2026 when we'll be closed for the day:

If we are closed for a team get-together, it's typically on a Friday afternoon from 1pm, here's what this means for your requests:

Thursday

If your designer starts work on a new request or a major revision from your queue before 1pm on the Thursday before we close, you'll get the first draft back as normal on the Friday.

All requests that would become active after 1 pm on the Thursday will be delivered on or after the following Monday.

Friday

If your designer starts work on a new request or a major revision from your queue before 1pm on the Friday, you'll get the first draft back as normal on the following Monday.

All requests that would become active after 1 pm on the Friday will be delivered on or after the following Tuesday.

You'll still be able to access our platform to submit new requests, reply with revisions, and download files while we are closed for the afternoon.

Request volume drops significantly over the Christmas and New Year period. In 2022 & 2023, we trialed closing for the 3 days between Christmas & New Year and it worked well - with no disruption to any work. We have closed over the Christmas period since with no issues.
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We will once again be closed for the 3 business days between Christmas & New Year 2026 to give everyone an extended break with their family and friends - We're sure you are all looking forward to it as well.

There is plenty of time between now (2nd Jan 2026) and 24th 2026 Dec to get everything organised, submitted and delivered in advance. Please don't leave things to the last minute.

If you need to create Christmas & NY social media designs to post throughout the Christmas & NY period, please submit these as soon as possible..... Like now! 🎄

If you need to create Christmas & NY social media designs to post throughout the Christmas & NY period, please submit these as soon as possible..... Like now! 🎄

Wednesday 23rd December

If your designer starts work on a new request from your queue before 1pm Wednesday 23rd Dec, you'll get the first design update back on Friday 2nd Jan.

There is plenty of time between now (2nd Jan 2026) and 23rd Dec to get everything organised, submitted and delivered in advance. Please don't leave things to the last minute.