NEWS

1 March, 2009

Nelson Bostock has been recognised by The Sunday Times as one of the UK’s Best Small Companies to Work For.

The agency ranked 20th in the newspaper’s sixth annual survey of UK firms with fewer than 250 employees, a report seen by many as the definitive guide to workplace excellence among small businesses.

Nelson Bostock employees scored the agency particularly highly in Potential Fulfilled (“%age score for managers helping staff fulfill potential”), where the firm was ranked 8thin the Top 100 – and in the Model Manager category (“%age score for managers being excellent role models”), where a rank of 10th was achieved.

Employee confidence in the leadership skills of the senior management team also achieved a high rating of 92%.  People feel they can make a valuable contribution to the firms success (89%), say colleagues are fun (92%) and that teams really care for each other, with a positive score of 94%.

“It’s fantastic to once more be recognised as one of the nation’s best small businesses to work for, and the achievement is again down to the hard work and commitment of the staff we have at Nelson Bostock,” says Lee Nugent, managing director.

“They work hard for their clients and for the agency, but they also contribute so much more than their professional talent to the company.  Our people make sure we are a fun, vibrant and progressive place to work – and they are integral to not only our successes to date, but also to our plans for the future.  Engaged, happy and challenged staff translates into great work for our clients – and that’s what we always strive to achieve.”

This latest recognition of Nelson Bostock’s best employer status comes hot on the heels of the agency’s 3-star ‘Extraordinary’ accreditation awarded by workplace engagement specialists, Best Companies, in January 2009.