Team Cohesion = Performance

Housing is the foundation stone to a ‘normal' family life. Without a safe, secure and cosy home, customers struggle to gain employment, benefits, support etc. Twin Valley staff work on a daily basis to help them improve their lives, interacting with agencies and local authority support services on their behalf.

Housing is the foundation stone to a ‘normal' family life. Without a safe, secure and cosy home, customers struggle to gain employment, benefits, support etc. Twin Valley staff work on a daily basis to help them improve their lives, interacting with agencies and local authority support services on their behalf.

The Senior Partner has lunched with all assistants in all offices and is now lunching with all the support staff in all offices and hosts, with a senior manager, monthly buffet lunches for a cross section of staff.

The firm has for the last 10 years paid a performance bonus to all eligible staff. This year bonuses ranged from 3 to 15% of salary.

TOR Homes offer flexible working and home working. To support employees' health and well being there is a generous sickness and annual leave allowance. In addition there is a Health Cash Back Plan incorporating medical and counselling services.

Employees at TOR Homes are given management feedback to ensure that they feel rewarded for their efforts.

Every client project, from inception to delivery, involves cross-team working to pull together the relevant skills to ensure a successful event. A budget is made available for teams to hold social activities and invites to individuals from other teams are encouraged.

Bi-annually, the Foundation Awards are held. Staff nominate their colleagues for outstanding individual contributions across a range of categories. For example Account Developer or Sales Person of the Year.

Team build events are available to all teams within the business, whenever they want to make use of them. Every mall person is eligible to benefit from The Mall's Discretionary Performance Bonus/Dividend.

Flexible hours and working arrangements. The malls are a 24 hour operation which gives The Mall great opportunities to accommodate a variety of work patterns according to individual needs.

Employees are recognised for their efforts and thanked regularly. To celebrate there is bucks fizz and celebratory breakfasts or lunches. Good news stories are publicised via the intranet.

As well as a "Make a Difference Day", Midsummer also have a Community Development Fund.

To support and develop people managers there are 360 degree appraisals and Key Performance Indicators in place. Training and coaching is also provided.

To help employees balance their home and working lives, flexible working arrangements are available on application and home working is possible for certain roles.

Staff can receive praise and recognition in Heads of Department meetings and in Board Minutes and there are financial bonuses throughout sales departments, including receptionists.

Staff can receive praise and recognition in Heads of Department meetings and in Board Minutes and there are financial bonuses throughout sales departments, including receptionists.

Handelsbanken aims to promote interplay between branches, support function specialists and central units through awareness programmes, a strong sports and social committee and through networking opportunities and team meetings.

All employees at Handelsbanken have the opportunity to attend regular well man/women screening and receive a gym subsidy if they belong to a gym. Everyone also has access to the Employee Assistance Programme.