Comstor support their employees by allowing flexibility to work from home where possible and accommodate personal and medical appointments. They also give access to qualified external counselling. They recognise that family life is important and employee's families are invited to events.

Comstor has an absolute open door policy and most managers work with employees in open plan areas. They interact with employees through day to day availability and during one to ones. Communication is through quarterly staff updates, in newsletters and via the intranet. The Leader is very open, approachable and inclusive.

Communicator Corp have a wide mix of training activities from Microsoft Developer Qualifications, customer care, personal development to sales training. Employees are supported with a mixture of funding, time and flexi-working to accommodate professional qualifications. Employees are proactively encouraged to share knowledge through working in cross discipline projects, learning meetings and workshops.

Communicator Corp have a wide mix of training activities from Microsoft Developer Qualifications, customer care, personal development to sales training. Employees are supported with a mixture of funding, time and flexi-working to accommodate professional qualifications. Employees are proactively encouraged to share knowledge through working in cross discipline projects, learning meetings and workshops.

The Commission for Rural Communities uses action learning sets to support the management development programme. Managers will also receive external support from third party coaches or mentors should it be deemed beneficial for the individual. If a manager's personal development plan outlines a need for it then the CRC will support them in achieving extra qualifications to develop them within the role.

They recently held an all staff conference. This involved a combination of some site visits, so people can see the results of the policies that they influence have on the ground. Feedback was really positive and the feedback to other groups at the conference unleashed peoples innovative and creative sides. Some groups acted out their feedback, others made creative use of technology and produced a short slide show. The CRC is small, flexible, friendly and fun. It attracts people who are dedicated to the organisations remit who have expert knowledge that others value.

Coinadrink is a family business and wellbeing is very important. They provide a flexible working environment which helps employees balance home and work life and they accommodate changing hours and time off where possible. Families are also always welcome and invited to events and special occasions.

Coinadrink is a family business and wellbeing is very important. They provide a flexible working environment which helps employees balance home and work life and they accommodate changing hours and time off where possible. Families are also always welcome and invited to events and special occasions.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

This organisation has a flexible approach to accommodate employees with personal and medical appointments and time in lieu is also available though employees having the option to either leave early or come in later. There is an on-site doctor and nurse who provide a drop in service and regular health checks for employees at no cost to the individual. In addition to encourage work/life balance they also support employees through a subsidised gym membership and child care vouchers.

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 Russell provides a range of different events for teams such as quiz nights, firm wide drinks and a River Thames boat party. Individual offices have their own events and sporting activities which include tennis tournaments, regular football and netball tournaments. In addition annual away days are a regular feature within the organisation and varies from service to service

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.