Benefits and rewards

Great rewards for great people

We expect high standards and commitment from our people. In return, we’re happy to reward them well - not just through financial incentives - but also through generous benefits and excellent working conditions.

Salary and bonuses

Our salaries are competitive both within the sector and beyond. What’s more they’re regularly benchmarked to ensure they continue to be competitive.

In addition to salaries, our bonus scheme is designed to recognise and reward our people for their valued contribution to the business.

Time out!

Holiday

Our people join us on 25 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top. That rises to 30 days’ after three years’ service, so if you’re planning a day trip or saving for a holiday you’ll have some flexibility to take the time you need when it suits you most!

Food for thought

But why wait for a holiday to treat yourself – we’ve also teamed up with tastecard, the UK’s largest diners’ club! For a small fee our people can become tastecard members and receive 50% OFF their total food bills at over 2,500 fabulous restaurants throughout the UK.

Giving something back!

Corporate Social Responsibility is what we do, and as a business for social purpose we’re passionate about doing all we can to help people put down roots.

We go beyond charity donations and fundraising events, because there’s something much more rewarding about being in the thick of the action and seeing an immediate benefit to others. Under our volunteer scheme ‘Hands on’, our people have the opportunity to get away from the day job and out into the community to give something back.

Your pension

Your future matters to us, both today and tomorrow, and that’s why you can choose to join our pension scheme from the day you join us. It adds generous employer contributions and also gives you life insurance to three times your salary.

Giving support to you

Employee assistance programme

Being in the real world brings challenges. Our people have access to a free, confidential and impartial telephone counselling service with Positive People Company (PPC) providing expert advice, invaluable information, specialist advice, counselling and support for any of life’s troubles.

Fit for the future

Gym membership

To help you improve and maintain your fitness and well-being we’ve negotiated a corporate membership rate  which offers you discounted gym membership.

Cycle to work

And, if you prefer your work-outs to be a bit more scenic and want to cycle to work, we work with Halfords once a year to help you to buy a new bike and safety gear

Eye care

If your role requires regular use of the computer, we’ll also provide you with a voucher to cover the cost of an annual eye-test, and if you’re prescribed glasses for computer use, we’ll also contribute to the cost of these.

Travel assistance

Interest-free loan

We want to help our people as much as we can, and that’s why we offer interest free season ticket loans and relocation assistance. With a national remit, everyone has access to the travel and subsistence provisions for business travel.

Family friendly

We appreciate that everyone has commitments outside of work. Many of our people work part-time. Here are just some of the things we offer to help them achieve a good work-life balance:

• Flexible working arrangements
• Home working
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Parental and adoption leave
• Childcare vouchers

And there's more!

Recommend a friend

We know that people like to talk and tell their friends about work, their job and about us as their employer – so why not let our people recommend their friends to us – if they’re appointed to one of our vacancies they receive a cash reward payment!