BCMS recognised in Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024
Employee-owned corporate finance advisor BCMS – now known as Initium – has been named in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024, powered by WorkL. This prestigious accolade recognises UK organisations who have consistently high levels of employee experience and wellbeing, and represents an astounding achievement for the business.
“We want anyone who works with us to have a more fulfilling and caring experience here than anywhere else in the corporate finance industry” – Jonathan Dunn, CEO
Recognition in the Sunday Times Best Places To Work complements and reflects Initium’s exceptional client feedback, including a Net Promoter Score of 78, significantly higher than the sector average.
Jonathan Dunn, CEO, said: “Well, how amazing is this? As an employee-owned business, we have a clear vision and direction of travel. We want anyone who works with us – our clients, our colleagues and the wider community – to have a more fulfilling and caring experience here than anywhere else in the corporate finance industry.”
About the award
The Sunday Times Best Places to Work awards survey uses 26 questions from WorkL’s employee engagement survey, developed by behavioural scientists, data analysts, psychologists, business leaders, academics and other independent parties to most accurately monitor employee engagement, wellbeing and discretionary effort in the workplace.
The banding threshold is based on both independent and WorkL commissioned research on employee engagement initiatives and is reinforced by WorkL’s benchmarking data of more than 70,000 organisations. To achieve a high overall engagement score, an organisation must score well across WorkL’s six-step framework: Reward and Recognition, Instilling Pride, Information Sharing, Empowerment, Wellbeing, and Job Satisfaction.
As reported in the Times, to be successfully accredited as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work, organisations must achieve a minimum 70 per cent overall engagement score.
Here’s what The Times said about us: “A welcome box of treats, lunch out and a dedicated “go-to person” get starters off on the right foot and help them settle in at BCMS, a Newbury-based business intermediary and financial advisory firm. Apprenticeships, career coaching, weekly talks and networking groups develop the 28-strong team professionally at this employee-owned operation, which specialises in advising privately owned businesses on company sale transactions. Volunteer days give staff the chance to do good deeds in work time.”