NEW STARTERS QUICKLY feel at home at Tunbridge Wells-based Town & Country Housing Group. The organisation's buddy system helps staff feel cared for by their colleagues, and they give a positive score of 78% for this question. The small social housing provider, which has 9,000 affordable properties across Sussex, Kent, Surrey and south London, offers benefits such as a subsidised healthcare plan and free massages on “stress awareness day”. A focus on career development, with £152,334 spent on training last year, results in employees feeling their job is good for their own personal growth (72%). A dedicated community team raised £350,000 last year to support local causes, and the workforce believes the social landlord has a strong social conscience (81%). www.tchg.org.uk

