Chelsea Building Society is encouraging staff to become healthier with the introduction of a new canteen menu and sporting facilities.

The society, which employs 700 staff at its head office in Cheltenham, hopes to encourage staff to reduce the amount of salt and sugar in their diets. It has brought in a new catering manager to provide salads with less dressing, low fat milk in coffee machines and a healthy vending machine.

The firm has also set up a sponsored fit club that will help raise money for the Guide Dogs for the Blind charity.