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ArticleRiverford Organic Farmers to launch employee ownership trust
Produce delivery organisation Riverford Organic Farmers is to launch an employee ownership trust from 8 June 2018.The organisation’s founder and owner Guy Singh-Watson (pictured) will retain 26% of the business and continue to play an active role at Riverford Organic Farmers. The remaining 74% of the organisation will move into ...
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ArticleAsos and BBC named UK’s Top Companies for 2018
Apple, Asos, the BBC (pictured), Sky and Virgin are among the organisations that have been recognised on the Top Companies 2018 list for the UK, compiled by LinkedIn.The list recognises employers that employees want to work for, and is based on analysis of the actions taken by LinkedIn members between ...
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Article25% believe employee benefits and perks would positively impact productivity
A quarter (25%) of respondents believe that helpful employee benefits and perks would have the biggest positive impact on their productivity at work, according to research by Canada Life Group Insurance.Its survey of 1,000 employees also found that 39% of respondents feel a higher salary would positively impact their productivity ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Lead from the back to instil a culture of engaging teamwork
Employee Benefits Connect 2018: Leaders should allow the most qualified team member to lead specific scenarios in order to keep individuals engaged with the overall objective.Delivering the closing keynote address titled 'The only limits are those of vision', at Employee Benefits Connect 2018 on Wednesday 28 February, Alan Chambers MBE, ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: NASA implements initiatives to engage future workforce
Employee Benefits Connect 2018: Federal space organisation National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has implemented a range of workforce planning initiatives to ensure the organisation is fit for the future.Delivering the opening keynote address at Employee Benefits Connect 2018, Elizabeth Kolmstetter, director, workforce engagement division at NASA, explained how the ...
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ArticleBest Buy employees get married at work
Image credit: Best BuySomething for the weekend: Consumer electronics organisation Best Buy certainly knows how to foster an inclusive and supportive workplace culture, as the organisation gave permission for two of its US-based employees to tie the knot at the Best Buy store where they both work.Cashier Taylor Spurlock, 26, ...
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ArticleSurveyMonkey builds three-storey office with games room based on employee surveys
Image credit: SurveyMonkeySomething for the weekend: Online survey organisation SurveyMonkey ditched the mood boards when it came to designing a brand new office space for its San Francisco-based employees, and instead created a unique three-storey, 200,000 square foot office, complete with Las Vegas themed game room, using feedback from employee ...
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ArticlePost Office, GSK and NIIT Technologies recognised for employee engagement
Homeserve, GSK, NHS Business Services Authority, NIIT Technologies and the Post Office are among the organisations recognised at the 2017 UK and European Employee Engagement Awards.The Employee Engagement Awards aim to recognise and celebrate organisations that put employee engagement at the centre of its business strategy.The winners were announced during ...
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ArticleEmployee engagement in numbers
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ArticleDebbie Lovewell-Tuck: Reflecting on employee engagement
As our Engagement Week, in association with Aon Employee Benefits, draws to a close, it is time to reflect on some of the trends and issues currently shaping this area of benefits.This dedicated week was designed to bring you exclusive insights and opinions uncovering best practice on employee engagement in ...
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ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Snow Software holds ski trip for 650 global staff
EXCLUSIVE: Technology organisation Snow Software has taken 650 of its global employees to Engelberg, Switzerland to celebrate achieving its annual sales target, as well as to support its employee engagement and teambuilding strategies.The employer-funded ski trip is taking place between Saturday 13 January and Tuesday 16 January 2018, with 650 ...
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ArticleConfessions of a benefits manager: Candid completes a performance review
For once, I have not been involved in the performance review project, so I feel perfectly at liberty to complain about it. Everyone hates performance reviews; that is unless you get a super high rating and a special bonus to match. Otherwise, it is just another niggling task to complete ...
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ArticlePeople Value acquires Remus Rewards
Motivation and employee engagement provider People Value has acquired UK-based reward and loyalty organisation Remus Rewards.Remus Rewards, which was founded in 2011, is a UK provider of programmes and technology designed to enhance employee or employer value proposition, improve performance, and increase employee loyalty. The employee reward and loyalty organisation ...
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ArticleAvery Healthcare sees 1,930 staff sign up to benefits platform
Residential care home provider Avery Healthcare has seen 1,930 of its 4,200 employees activate accounts on its benefits platform since it launched in October 2017.The organisation implemented its new reward and recognition programme, which is branded Averyone and provided by Personal Group, as part of its wider employee wellbeing strategy, ...
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ArticleTown of Tryon police department hires kitten as police dispatcher
Image credit: Town of Tryon, North CarolinaSomething for the weekend: Creating a diverse workforce is an important consideration for any organisation, however, the police department for the town of Tryon, North Carolina, has really proved itself as an inclusive employer, hiring a four-month old kitten as its newest police dispatcher.Its ...
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ArticleJust Recruitment to launch employee ownership trust
Just Recruitment is to launch an employee ownership trust from December 2017.The recruitment organisation, which employs 43 staff across six sites in East Anglia, will become employee owned in order to secure its long-term future and help maintain its existing organisational culture.The employee ownership trust will place future profits into ...
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ArticleAnderson County District Attorney General’s office hires emotional support dog
Image credit: Jake the DA Dog, FacebookSomething for the weekend: Helping employees with their career progression or to train in new skills is a useful tool employers can utilise to keep talent within their organisation. However, sometimes it is more about providing the right environment for an employee to flourish, ...
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Article66% view being valued and recognised as most important aspect of employment
Two-thirds (66%) of respondents view being valued and recognised by their employer as the most important aspect of employment, according to research by Sage People.Its Why your workforce isn't working report, which surveyed 3,500 employees aged 16 or over who work at organisations with between 200 and 5,000 employees across ...
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ArticleFacebook and Northern Gas and Power among UK’s best organisations for workplace culture
Facebook, HomeServe UK, Northern Gas and Power, and Peninsula are among the top 20 organisations for best workplace culture, according to research by recruitment website Glassdoor and professional management body the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).Its first Leadership and culture at work: the CMI/Glassdoor top 20 report is based on analysis ...
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ArticleStar-Dundee launches employee ownership trust
Aerospace engineering organisation Star-Dundee has launched an employee ownership trust.The organisation, which has 25 employees across offices in Dundee and Barcelona, has become employee owned in order to secure its long-term future and help to maintain its current organisational culture.Star-Dundee, which is now a part of the Employee Ownership Association, ...