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Royal Society of Chemistry

Branded 'Thank You' cards are available in breakout areas so any colleague can say thank you for a job well done, hard work or exceptional effort by sending these to their colleague. Managers can recommend any individual in their team for an award up to £500 to recognise one-off work or achievement.

All managers can take advantage of their internal mentoring programme to work on objectives with a trained mentor who themselves receive regular supervision.

Royal Society of Chemistry run a 'wellness week' every two years, the aim being to engage employees in looking after their physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.

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Royal Lancaster London

The hotel is deeply committed to training young and disadvantaged people in the hospitality industry, and so partnered with The Clink Charity, a prisoner and young-offender rehabilitation initiative.

The hotel is deeply committed to training young and disadvantaged people in the hospitality industry, and so partnered with The Clink Charity, a prisoner and young-offender rehabilitation initiative.

On their first day, new team member's will have breakfast with their Senior Manager and other new starters to ensure a personalised welcome before they go on their first 'Welcome Day'.

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Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

RBH joined a consortium of other Registered Providers and organisations in the retail, media & education sectors to give their employees access to one days training in Carbon Literacy.

RBH joined a consortium of other Registered Providers and organisations in the retail, media & education sectors to give their employees access to one days training in Carbon Literacy.

RBH joined a consortium of other Registered Providers and organisations in the retail, media & education sectors to give their employees access to one days training in Carbon Literacy.

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Robin Hood Energy

Employees can usually slide their shift and/or work from home, they find that sometimes these options can alleviate stress.

Employees can usually slide their shift and/or work from home, they find that sometimes these options can alleviate stress.

Environmental practices including: a cycle to work scheme; discouraging business travel; encouraging use of public transport; and green energy purchasing are in place at Robin Hood Energy.

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Red Kite Community Housing

Benefits for employees at Red Kite include: an Employee Assistance Programme; Flexible benefits; Staff discounts; and Free life insurance.

Benefits for employees at Red Kite include: an Employee Assistance Programme; Flexible benefits; Staff discounts; and Free life insurance.

Offices have motion sensitive lighting so that they can save energy and lower their carbon footprint. Solar panels are fitted to the roof of the building and have removed desk bins to implement recycling bins across the office.

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Red and Blue Restaurants

Red and Blue make sure all staff receive a break with a meal and the managers are aware of any signs to look out for if a member of staff are struggling.

Handover books are used as staff don't always work together on the same shifts and may not see each other for a number of days, so can communicate anything in here for the team on the next day.

Red and Blue make sure all staff receive a break with a meal and the managers are aware of any signs to look out for if a member of staff are struggling.

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Pukka Herbs

Pukka is a certified carbon neutral company. They annually measure their operational carbon footprint and data is audited by Carbonfootprint.com.

'Pukka Friends', who are trained Mental Health First Aiders, are available to all Pukka people for a chat or to share concerns and worries. Pukka Friends are able to listen compassionately, help guide to support and often run initiatives to raise awareness of mental health issues.

'Pukka Friends', who are trained Mental Health First Aiders, are available to all Pukka people for a chat or to share concerns and worries. Pukka Friends are able to listen compassionately, help guide to support and often run initiatives to raise awareness of mental health issues.

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PSL

Every employee has a bespoke induction programme based on the job role, their experience and whether the role is office or field based. Field based starters have an extensive programme of training and job shadowing of between 2-8 weeks, depending on the role.

PSL have greatly increased the use of Skype/Microsoft Teams meetings where possible and they have also encouraged clustering meetings both in terms of timing and region. Staff are encouraged to use public transport where possible.

Every employee has a bespoke induction programme based on the job role, their experience and whether the role is office or field based. Field based starters have an extensive programme of training and job shadowing of between 2-8 weeks, depending on the role.

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Plastic Surgeon

Plastic Surgeon support team members development through e-learning, external coaching, financial support for work related qualifications and paid time off for study.

Plastic Surgeon match funds raised by employees for charity. They have recently matched donations to Dartmoor Rescue, Christmas Jumper Day and Comic Relief.

Managers at Plastic Surgeon have an annual appraisal during which their performance is assessed.

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PHMG

There are a number of ad-hoc bonus and incentives in place across all departments, including a £50 a month bonus for consistently arriving at work on time.

All PHMG new starters take part in an induction course, which lasts a week for sales staff, and two days for staff from other departments. This gives them an overview to the company as a whole, illustrating how their role works within the wider business, and introducing them to all the managers of the relevant departments.

PHMG places a high value on team interaction, and provides a number of working and social initiatives to encourage this. Departmentally, meetings are held on a regular basis, and teams regularly socialise with team incentive outings, top-performers events and a host of other ad-hoc social events.

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