A dental cash plan was the second most popular benefit, ranking behind holiday trading, in DTZ's new flexible benefits scheme, which was introduced last month.

Holiday trading, allowing employees to buy and sell up to five days' holiday, was selected by 16% of staff. Around 150 of the 1,500 workers at the real estate advisers elected a dental cash plan. Will Rayden, group reward director, said: "We [have brought it in] at a good group rate."