With many development programs in place, one of the more unique offerings is the Educational Subsidies benefit. Through this benefit, they will pay for employees to do courses such as MBSR (Mindfulness-based stress reduction) and have even paid for a horticultural course.

NWTC offer incentives throughout the year to all teams. Anyone who gets mentioned on TripAdvisor will get a free bottle of wine. They have also ran spend per head incentives where the person in site with the highest spend per head each week will receive a £50 voucher.

NCFE have launched a High Potential Development programme in partnership with an external provider. Candidates have been identified through the end of year succession planning process. The programme includes workshops, 1:1 coaching, small group coaching and completion of a strategic organisation wide project.

NCFE have launched a High Potential Development programme in partnership with an external provider. Candidates have been identified through the end of year succession planning process. The programme includes workshops, 1:1 coaching, small group coaching and completion of a strategic organisation wide project.

MOD Pizza use 'team banks' to provide funds towards team activities and events outside of work. Individuals and teams can earn credits towards their team banks through over-achievement.

The leader undertakes regular restaurant visits which will include conversations with all members of the team regardless of seniority or role.

As well as other events and away days, there is a Celebrating Success budget which allows teams to arrange their own events locally, such as boat trips and escape rooms.

The organisation pay for two annual professional subscriptions for all employees which allows them to access journals, materials, training courses and CPD events for free.

Colt Car Company have a charity action group. This group enables all employees to choose a local charity for the company to support for a 12 month period. All monies raised is matched by the company.

Colt have created DRIVE (their values name) awards, and regularly share with all their people the great work / behaviours employees are being recognised for. They are working to get the values even more visible around the business and they are also creating a values tool to support recruitment and development.

Michelmores run a range of 'Inspireme' talks with people from outside of the profession to learn new ideas and get a different perspective on the challenges they face.

Everyone is given a day a year to volunteer for a local charity. Recent projects have included decorating a community centre, painting a school, beach cleans and serving Christmas Lunch on Christmas Day for Estuary League of Friends.

The Theatre offer all new joiners a work Buddy to help them navigate the way they do things and give them general support as they adjust to working at Mayflower Theatre. The new joiner and their buddy are allocated time in work to meet for a coffee and in addition they are allocated two tickets to a show.

The Leadership Team are expected to be role models and the approach is more 'do as I do' as opposed to 'do as I say, not as I do'.

Staff receive an annual bonus directly based on the organisation's profits. All employees receive an additional day's leave, A Trustee Day, which they can take during November or December.

Marwell provide on-site yoga and pilates, support a workplace choir, subsidise fresh food provision on site and give discounts at the adjoining hotel's wellness suite.

Every hotel is encouraged to engage in local community activities as they believe that when they support communities outside of their own hotel doors, they make them stronger.

The President and Managing Director is a true believer that the cornerstone of the company is its people and retains a laser-like focus on building a strong culture that fosters innovation and embraces wellbeing.