Aylesworth Fleming hold company meetings twice yearly where company achievements are discussed and the whole company attends and enjoys lunch together. Departmental meetings are also held whereby teams talk through their issues and successes.

Managers at Aylesworth Fleming are trained by a private company, who know the company culture and can implement their management requirements.

The shareholders have committed to give 5% of profits to charitable causes. To date they have built schoolhouses in Niger, paid for a classroom at an orphanage in China and research into smoke hood technical design and implementation in Nepal.

At Audio Partnership, they recognise 'Heroes'. These are announced at all team briefings, celebrating those colleagues who have gone above and beyond the call of duty since the last meeting. ‘Superheroes' are announced when colleagues have done even more outstanding things.

When someone joins Arora, the induction focuses on people being at the heart of their business. Arora take their people managers through a number of key training courses such as "Leading and motivating a team" together with "Coaching Skills" so they continue to grow within the business.

Arora provide healthy options for staff lunches. As an employer, they are always looking at ways to make meal times more healthy for staff as well as giving them food that they enjoy.

They have a 'Smart Ideas Policy' at Accord Housing. For each idea that an employee submits, they will receive a cash award of £25. If the ideas result in cash savings of £2000 or more, the employee will be entitled to further one off payments.

Accord Housing Group pride themselves on excellent training provision, including opportunity for further education, such as MBAs. They also have a volunteering policy and several opportunities for their employees to learn more by applying for secondments around the business.

Abbott have internal promotion across division and location. There is also the Abbott New Leader programme which trains new people managers (existing managers are welcome to attend relevant modules).

Chairman's Award – highest global award bestowed to an employee. President's Award - Board of Management nominations where it is felt the performance is ‘head and shoulders' above other award winners and therefore worthy of international recognition. Board Awards - Exceptional performance in living one or more of the company values to the overall benefit of the UK company. This award also recognises consistency of performance. Divisional Awards - Outstanding performance in living one or more of the company values and helping the division achieve its strategic goals and/or significantly benefiting the division. Also to recognise a performance beyond the role expected.