In addition to performance related bonuses and incentives, the company are strong advocates of recognising the uniqueness of the individual. A variety of rewards are given from time off, to bubble baths and chocolates to dinner vouchers for yourself and a partner or large cash sums.

Each team has a Christmas celebration paid for by the company that provides free transport or accommodation to all employees that wish it. They have a Santa's Grotto at the head office for employees with younger families.

Boden really values employee development, supporting this with resource and budget. As well as the learning team in London, the company also have two warehouse trainers in Leicester and four call centre trainers in London, Leicester and the US.

Boden hold summer parties for all employees. Last summer, the London and Leicester teams got together at a county house in Oxfordshire for a day of fun and activities, including raft racing, rounders, food tasting and driving bumper cars.

The charity runs bespoke team development days where their training manager meets with the service manager to identify key needs of the team. Together, they develop a day-long session to focus on improving the team's development.

All frontline services have monthly externally-facilitated group supervision with a trained supervisor focusing on team dynamics and some of the issues that arise from their work with vulnerable people.

Better Places have a High Flyers incentive running every six months, offering the opportunity for a maximum of three people to win an all expenses paid trip to New York. This has been brilliantly received and has seen six employees and their partners visit New York in 2017.

Better Places have a High Flyers incentive running every six months, offering the opportunity for a maximum of three people to win an all expenses paid trip to New York. This has been brilliantly received and has seen six employees and their partners visit New York in 2017.

From the outset, employees are made aware of career flow opportunities, either at a ‘fast-track' rate or a ‘slower burn' progression, to harness the power of individuals and enable the bespoke pursuit of personal interests linked to the profession.

Graham visits each of the three schools every week, ensuring he is visible to all staff. The rest of the leadership team also have the same attitude, attending meetings across the schools and promoting a very friendly organisation.

In 2017, the annual conference was held at Center Parcs. All staff were involved in the three-day event and got to take part in activities such as falconry, archery, quad biking, clay pigeon shooting and golf.

Bel UK believe that a happy workplace is critical to success, and the basis of intellectual activity is a healthy body. They have a number of activities to promote health and wellbeing, including stress awareness sessions, lunchtime pilates, and lessons with in-house nutritionists.

They support a different local charity every year and use it as an opportunity to create or contribute to their own events while raising money. Some examples include running the Manchester 10k and organising a charity pub quiz. Last year, employees raised around £6,000 for the Reclaim Project.

Beech Holdings have a social committee that works hard to ensure that employees spend some time together in a relaxed environment. They organise impromptu Friday drinks in the office if management feel the overall office atmosphere feels a little ‘heavy' - for example, at the end of a construction project or during tenant check-in season.

The AXA Research Fund is responsible for research into environmental risks. Since 2007, AXA have awarded £8 million to research into climate change and natural hazards in the UK to better understand and mitigate the effects of environmental catastrophes.

From wellbeing blog posts to their LGBTQ+ allies network, AXA run events and promote inclusion and diversity, which is a strong part of their culture and key to positive team interactions. Employees are also encouraged to raise issues and ideas at regularly held forums.