Regular internal meetings are attended by all employees and conducted by members of the Executive Team and Country Managers. These meetings are also recorded on video and placed on the intranet for anyone unable to attend the UK meetings. Monday Matters is a direct internal email communication sent to all staff relaying relevant company information and news.

For Colleagues in Focus, employees are nominated by their peers on a quarterly basis for recognition of achievements and projects worked on. There are many awards which are awarded to employees for their fantastic work including Spot Bonuses, Employee referral and the High Achievers Club.

The views of staff and their career progression have always been of paramount concern to the Board. The organisation encourages employee's personal growth with dedicated training programmes, mentoring schemes and quarterly appraisals. All members of staff are assigned a mentor who they meet with regularly to act as extra guidance through their personal and career development.

All employees are eligible for the private health scheme and yearly eye care vouchers with a voucher towards the cost of glasses. The organisation also arranges head massages in the office.

An open door policy is in operation. Feedback is given to employees for their hard work and specific processes are set up for sharing successes.

There is a flat management structure. Incentives are given to incorporate team performance and individual contribution. They hold team nights out and monthly wrap ups.

They provide an active Health and Safety Committee and have a policy and pension scheme and advice. They also offer an open door policy and offer support for any issue whether work related or not.

All employees have full communication of the vision and goals the business has going forward. They also encourage employees to feel able to make mistakes, learn from them and move on. The Managing Director is accessible to anyone at any time for any issue no matter what.

Staff in every office choose their own charity, ensuring local support is provided throughout the UK. All money raised by employees is matched to the charity by the company. As an energy consultant they are constantly reducing companies' energy costs and so reducing carbon emissions and improving the environment.

Staff in every office choose their own charity, ensuring local support is provided throughout the UK. All money raised by employees is matched to the charity by the company. As an energy consultant they are constantly reducing companies' energy costs and so reducing carbon emissions and improving the environment.

Their general managers and senior field management team undertake a BA (Hons) degree programme in leadership and management. Again this is undertaken at work.

The majority of their management team have been promoted from crew members. They have structured career paths and training programmes which enable individuals to progress through from the Crew Development Programme to the Management Development Programme.

They believe their senior leaders should be highly visible and should communicate in a personable way. The breadth of channels and methods of engagement speaks volumes. Their range of engagement tools includes executive lunches, coffee mornings, divisional briefings, specific intranet sites, e-zines, podcasts, webcasts, branch TV broadcasts, DVDs such as Scottish Widows Our Story, Lloyds TSB radio recordings which employees can dial into via telephone..

They believe their senior leaders should be highly visible and should communicate in a personable way. The breadth of channels and methods of engagement speaks volumes. Their range of engagement tools includes executive lunches, coffee mornings, divisional briefings, specific intranet sites, e-zines, podcasts, webcasts, branch TV broadcasts, DVDs such as Scottish Widows Our Story, Lloyds TSB radio recordings which employees can dial into via telephone..

All staff at Liquid Plastics are encouraged to have personal development plans. There is also a Future Leader Managers programme; potential managers can join this programme to help them develop skills for future use. This helps them to always, where possible, to promote from within.

All staff at Liquid Plastics are encouraged to have personal development plans. There is also a Future Leader Managers programme; potential managers can join this programme to help them develop skills for future use. This helps them to always, where possible, to promote from within.

Lighterlife has a dedicated charity, Little Havens. They also do fundraising for charities such as the Stroke Association and Breast Cancer. They also do their bit when it comes to recycling including donating unwanted paper to local schools. Employees also take part in the cycle to work and car share scheme.

There are many things that Lighterlife do to promote well being such as a dedicated Health and Safety team, provision of a relaxing cafe area with availability of the internet, TV, microwave facilities and newspapers, free tea and coffee and promoting a healthy lifestyle by providing in-house gym, LighterLife Foodpacks and cycle to work scheme.

Employees can attend a leadership training accredited course at the University. Senior managers are also encouraged to undertake a degree qualification related to their operational area.

Constant training needs analysis is undertaken monthly with employees, which includes discussions on personal growth and the options to take qualifications. NVQ is the backbone of training for all LOT staff. Staff are also given the opportunity to be seconded in to stretch roles to help and support them in their chosen career path.