Bottomline Technologies Europe Limited supports a wide range of charitable activities and offer a ‘give as you earn' through payroll. To encourage charitable activities employees receive charity sponsorship for marathons and the total raised by the employee is matched by the company through their company contributions. With many of their charitable donations made to local charities and organisations, they also provide financial support to the Reading Boys Boxing Club, through both direct donations and through hire of the facility for fitness classes.

Bottomline success plays a tremendous part in the high morale of the employees and as more employees are being rewarded with stock options, they are also shareholders and therefore personally invested in the company's success. This organisation recognises that employees sometimes work long hours and hard to achieve excellence, with this in mind they understand the importance of work/life balance and operate a flexible working policy, time off in lieu and attendance at family events.

The company give a lot back to the community and provide regular annual support to international, national and local charities and ad hoc support to staff involved in charitable activities. They also support local schools by providing prizes and trophies each year to pupils. In November and December alone they attended and provided monetary prizes and trophies to four local secondary schools for pupils who have excelled in Science and Technology. They also organise educational events in schools and accept a number of work experience pupils each year from eight local secondary schools. As well as this BMT support a large number of charities throughout the year and every year they provide paid time off and facilities for homeless food parcels to be collected and delivered whilst also making up Christmas boxes for children in deprived areas of eastern Europe.

The Company promotes and encourages a healthy lifestyle for all staff. They pay staff up to £200 per year for sporting activities and gym membership and provide interest free loans for bicycle purchases as well as providing cycle racks, showers and lockers for kit. As a preventative measure they also hold two workshops per year entitled Stress and Lifestyle Management presented by a qualified general practitioner. The company monitor the number of hours employees are working by ensuring that employees starting work early or finishing late sign in and out. To discourage long working hours the building is only open from 7am until 7pm and is closed at weekends.

The organisation awards employees with a High Achiever Reward and Recognition Programme. They also have a Milestone Recognition award that is awarded to employees at 5 year intervals. Instant Recognition is recognised through a choice of small gifts or gift vouchers. Rewards for ideas or innovation are also awarded to staff for special awards, which are part of the High Achiever Programme.

The organisation awards employees with a High Achiever Reward and Recognition Programme. They also have a Milestone Recognition award that is awarded to employees at 5 year intervals. Instant Recognition is recognised through a choice of small gifts or gift vouchers. Rewards for ideas or innovation are also awarded to staff for special awards, which are part of the High Achiever Programme.

The organisations Green Committee has recently been set up, since then there has been a range of changes within the workplace and they have also implemented a better recycling programme, they have also set up a cycle to work scheme and are trying to actively promote car sharing. Employees are encouraged to take part in various charitable activities and charity days in the office such as Jeans for Genes and Breast Cancer days.

BII provides recognition for employees through a performance reward called The Extra Mile award, this is given to one employee every two months. They also have a long service award for 10 years service of a gift voucher for £100 and a bottle of champagne. In addition a £50 award is given for the best suggestion submitted to the staff suggestions box every two months.

Baxter Healthcare ensure people feel valued and are rewarded for their contributions fairly, they encourage employees to be fully aware of what their job entails and what is expected of them and encourage innovation and continuous improvement.

Baxter Healthcare ensure people feel valued and are rewarded for their contributions fairly, they encourage employees to be fully aware of what their job entails and what is expected of them and encourage innovation and continuous improvement.

Arcimedes is a small company comprising of varied and interesting roles, over a wide range of ages and levels which gives employees the opportunity to develop skills and to tap into the knowledge and experience of others. Within this company employees can be recognised for their efforts and performance with letters from the CEO. There is an annual reward called the CEO award, nominations are made by departmental heads and the winner is agreed by the Awards Committee.

Arcimedes is a small company comprising of varied and interesting roles, over a wide range of ages and levels which gives employees the opportunity to develop skills and to tap into the knowledge and experience of others. Within this company employees can be recognised for their efforts and performance with letters from the CEO. There is an annual reward called the CEO award, nominations are made by departmental heads and the winner is agreed by the Awards Committee.

There are regular personal performance reviews to identify employee's strengths and needs, specialised training plans are also identified. The range of support provided includes training, work shadowing and a buddy system. For other areas there's team leader and leadership training available for those employees who want to progress.

This organisation sets annual objectives and targets with the aim of continuous improvement and improving the sustainability regarding the environment. Within the workplace they encourage recycling cardboards, plastics, metals and paper. Andor has recently been accredited to ISO 14001 Environmental standard.

In Amnesty International UK each team has an environmental champion or dedicated ‘green team' responsible for driving their efforts to reduce their impact on the environment. They monitor the organisation's impact on the environment by Facilities Management and outcomes are fed back to staff regularly, calculate their carbon footprint and ensure everyone adheres to the Environment Policy Statement. Paper is turned into scrap books and recycled where possible. Batteries, cartridges, food waste and plastic are recycled. Amnesty International UK have an Environment Policy statement, mark Environment Day, they offer season ticket loans, bike loans, have bike sheds in the car park and there are showers in the building. Staff need to have Directors' permission if they need to travel by air. They use video conferencing facilities, source local suppliers and consolidate suppliers to reduce deliveries. They started to measure their environmental impact last year and they will use the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), a sustainability reporting framework, as one of the reporting frameworks for their report. Amnesty International UK is pleased to be a part of the community and they are looking to develop work placements for local schools.

Amnesty International UK offers excellent benefits to all staff especially maternity benefits and flexible working. Staff have a lot of autonomy over their work. Amnesty International UK is a fantastic environment to work in and friendly. AIUK is flexible with the work and there is a lot of variety within roles.

Managers participate in an International Management Development Programme which encompasses 5 key skills workshops: Build the Team; Develop the Team; Lead the Team; Lead the Business; Navigating the Matrix. Amgen provide a dedicated area of their intranet as a Manager 'Toolkit' providing resources on career development of staff, recognition and reward and recruitment tools.

Annually, Amgen supports one national charity plus one charity local to each site. The nominated charities are reviewed annually. There is a Corporate Social Responsibility Committee and employees are invited to submit their nominations for charitable support to the CSR Committee. Issues associated with Amgen's impact on the environment are managed through the Facilities Operations team. The team regularly reviews Amgen's environmental programme and looks for new ways to improve their efforts and reduce their impact on the environment. Ideas are discussed at the Staff Consultation Forum. Amgen currently have a recycling programme and have switched many of their stationery products over to recycled alternatives. Amgen monitor the levels of waste that they produce, looking at recyclables versus waste going to landfill. Amgen also monitor their power usage so they can review the impact of any energy initiatives. The travel policy has targets set to reduce things like single car occupancy and Amgen run travel surveys to understand how their staff travel to work.