They ensure that their employees are rewarded for their efforts in various ways. They ensure all remuneration is in line with market rates and are currently enhancing and reviewing their firm wide bonus scheme for high performers to align with market/sector changes in approach to remuneration. They also ensure that there are regular communications acknowledging individual, team and firm successes.

There are various training available to employees to support their development. This includes a winning business workshop, developing a coaching approach workshop and delegation and supervision. They encourage employees to be proactive in their own development and will devise a tailored development plan for anyone who requests it. They also strive to manage talent effectively and have a process called Stargazing in place, which is a structured way of tracking talent to identify star performers and have also established a development programme to manage them effectively and to ensure that they are actively engaged in the business.

Clarion Events Limited recognises employees for going beyond the call of duty in demonstrating the company values. They also offer a Eureka Scheme to reward those for successful new ideas. They recruit, appraise and promote according to their values which ensures that their employees are empowered and incentivised to succeed.

At Clarion Events Limited, the managing directors are very approachable; sitting in an open plan office where they are accessible to all staff, without appointment. Communication is via the intranet which is used by the Leader and senior managers to update staff and to enable them to comment and there are monthly update meetings in the head office over some nibbles and drinks. The leader of the organisation passionately believes in Clarion and the staff and his passion and enthusiasm is infectious.

Every year staff are invited to attend the Executive Stretch which is a weekend long team building exercise run by the reserve forces. The Chairman also holds an annual Christmas reception for every employee at the council. Teams are also rewarded for success in any particular projects they may have worked on together and are praised through the council media.

Chiltern District Council has a strong focus on staff development which is reflected in their level of investment which is twice the national average that would normally be spent on training. They offer a wide range of non course based development through secondments, coaching and mentoring, inter-authority team challenges and project work. Formal courses and qualifications include Microsoft training, ECDL, presentation skills and writing for the web among many others. Knowledge sharing is also widespread through articles in the staff newsletter and briefings by colleagues who have attended other courses.

The company pay for each and every employee to go through a medical screening process every year in an effort to maintain a healthy workforce. This is supported through the provision of fruit, cereal bars and herbal teas, bottled water and water fountains are also available to encourage people to stay hydrated.

Chartwell have acquired extensive resources on training, guidance and information for managers which is all available on the company intranet giving them quick and easy access to a wealth of knowledge that can help them at any time. Managers are also encouraged to attend any industry events aimed specifically at managers as well as any motivational seminars.

They are committed to the continuous development of their people. They want their people to grow with the company and that takes investment. In addition to a formal appraisal scheme, every employee has an individual development plan designed to help them achieve their own career objectives and support the long-term objectives of the company. Every employee undergoes bespoke internal training, such as Management Training and Appraisal Training, to meet their own specific needs. They also encourage staff to spend time working in other departments to help them get a better understanding of the business as a whole. In addition they actively encourage out staff to up-skill by taking formal professional qualifications in marketing, procurement and accountancy. As well as paying for these courses, they ensure staff are given the necessary time off to attend and complete them. They also run a mentoring scheme and their commitment to the development of their staff has been recognized by Investors In People.

Charterhouse firmly believes in the value of work life balance, happy staff equal productive staff. Flexible and mobile working is supported through technology, all staff have laptops and blackberries and they focus on their staff's output rather than input. They believe that if you work hard you should also make time for play. They recently installed a ‘breakout' room to encourage staff to escape their desks and relax. The room is furnished with comfortable chairs, Sky TV a football table and pool table. On a Friday they have a ‘4 'clock social' where staff can convene for drinks, snacks and a catch up. It's a great way to get people mixing and create the team culture that they value. They also organize regular company events and encourage staff to bring along their partners and families.

This organisation continues to foster strong relationships with the communities in which they are based and have links with local businesses, primary schools and charities. Recently they participated in a reading scheme with a school that is based close to their London head office. Employees have the option to get involved with the ride to work scheme on an annual basis, which not only promotes a healthier lifestyle for employees but also reduces the environmental impact of the journey to work for those employees who take part in the scheme. Wherever possible throughout the office, measures have been introduced to increase energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption, ensuring that as much of the paper used throughout the offices are recycled and where possible they use paper that is either recycled or obtained from a sustainable source.

Charles Stanley has a benefits system in place called Choice, through this benefit employees can book holidays, view total reward statements and update their personal details. Employees within this organisation are rewarded for their efforts in variety of ways, primarily financial recognistion.

To encourage employee's personal growth within the organisation employees can attend skills training sessions throughout the year, trainee solicitors have a structured training programme in line with requirements set out by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. They also support professional development through further learning and external training courses, attendance at industry networking events and provide internal training and seminars for employees to further develop their skills.

This organisation provides a supportive and friendly working environment with an ‘open door' policy by management. The practice has identified that internal communication is key to ensuring a collaborative environment. Great efforts are made to promote transparency and knowledge sharing amongst employees through regular updates from each service, communication emails and internal events. In addition to support and develop management training there is a new partner training programme and newly qualified solicitors training programme that operates on an annual basis.

The pay system is very transparent throughout the organisation and everyone knows what they need to do achieve certain levels within the appraisal process which is directly linked with the pay each year. There are plenty of great schemes and benefits in place to reward employees for the work they do including fitness sessions, language sessions, a pension fund, childcare vouchers and various clubs and societies.

The Central Office of Information have their own welfare officer who can offer advice on topics such as stress management whilst annual health checks help employees to monitor their overall health. Employees are encouraged to maintain a fit and active lifestyle through cycle to work schemes, gym memberships and free fitness sessions.

The organistaion pursue a policy of supporting charities close to the heart of the Center Parcs brand, they focus support on children's and environmental charities and have long standing arrangements with several charities for terminally ill children, providing much need holidays for seriously ill children and their families. Recently adopted the Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity as their main corporate charity. They have two purpose built Nature Educational Centre's and a biodiversity programme which protects species, plants and wild flowers and they engage local naturalists to carry out ecological monitoring on all villages. In addition to this they run a 'Community Hero' programme, which recognise's employees who do work for local charities and community groups.

This organisation supports employees with occupational health care that's provided by teams of nurses who work in their village medical centres, they encourage wellness through a variety of approaches such as poster campaigns and health promotion days. Flexibility is also available to accommodate both personal and medical appointments and employees can elect time in lieu if they chose. There are a range of events held through out the year where employees can invite their families such as bonfire night.

Cardinal Newman College offer support to their managers in a variety of ways starting with internal management training as well as the full support and mentoring offered by the senior managers within the organisation. They occasionally have guest coaches or mentors available to administer training at staff events or training days.

The inclusive ethos of the college provides a strong foundation, upon which respect of different faiths and cultures allows its students and employees to thrive and develop as individuals in an atmosphere of mutual respect. Expectations and standards are very high throughout the college. The mission and ethos is lived out in all that the College does. Students, staff and governors are rightly proud of the college. In their attitudes and daily work they fully embrace the life of a Catholic community built on faith, respect, love and trust where each individual is nurtured and valued as unique.