Some employees visit a local primary school once a week for an hour to give up their time to help the children learn to read. Each member of staff is paired with 4 children whom they meet each week to help with their reading. The children are selected by the school, as those who would benefit from some extra help and some one to one time.

Some employees visit a local primary school once a week for an hour to give up their time to help the children learn to read. Each member of staff is paired with 4 children whom they meet each week to help with their reading. The children are selected by the school, as those who would benefit from some extra help and some one to one time.

All staff have access to a company nurse to assist their health and well being. The organisation has also run a smoking cessation programme and negotiated corporate rates at local gym.

The directors and senior managers are approachable and have an open door policy and a director holds a meeting with all staff once a month. The directors and senior managers also do all of the cooking at the staff summer barbeque.

The company presently operate an employee of the quarter and employee of the year scheme.

Senior managers have had the opportunity to participate in one-to-one coaching with an external specialist. The programme commences with diagnostics and then a tailored coaching programme is developed to meet their specific needs.

All new starters at Bayford are invited to the New Starters Lunch with the board of directors and are assigned a buddy to act as their personal mentor for the first six months. The MD and CEO go on road show's throughout different departments as an idea gathering and strategy sharing activity.

The management team work in focus groups to find ways to improve different areas of the business for the benefit of the whole organisation. Bayford believe that by employing quality individuals and training them where appropriate they can allow a great deal of freedom to empower managers within their role.

Fisher German has company sports teams such as a cricket team. They are also proactive in terms of health and safety to protect employees interests.

Managers are very accessible and the company provides an array of social events throughout the year for all staff to get involved in.

Faststream recruitment provides health care and eye care vouchers to all staff who have over a year's service.

The office structure is a key part of the culture at Edward Jones. The leadership team, general partners and country leader are approachable allowing associates to talk and work with the firm's leaders, have access to their experience and knowledge, share ideas and successes or concerns in an approach where the door is always open.

Independent occupational health advice and consultations are available to employees where appropriate as well as counselling support and flexible rehabilitation support to assist employees when they are returning to work.

Back to work interviews are encouraged between employees and line managers to ensure there are no problematic underlying reasons for absence, e.g. stress. Healthy eating options are available in the staff canteen and health fairs are regularly held within the office.