Good Employer Guide 2014 data

Our overall Good Employer Guide 2014 winners were Assael Architecture, followed by runners-up Make Architects, Architype, Buro Four and Max Fordham

Below you will find an interactive table containing data for all 50 of this year's Good Employers. Search, sort or rank this data using the symbols (see key on right for what each symbol represents) in the headers of the table. You are able to sort two columns at the same time by holding the Shift button on your keyboard and selecting the two columns you wish to sort. You are also able to see further details of each employer, including what they say about themselves and staff ratings, by clicking on their names.

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Employer Staff t/over 2013 No. of FT equivalent UK employees Max. no. of days holiday Training hours Pension Female non-admin staff (%) Staff from non-white ethnic b/g (%) Sabbaticals/career breaks Flexible working Chance to work abroad Private healthcare scheme Enhanced maternity benefits Enhanced paternity benefits
AA Projects
6%1153047GPP (C)12%8%AllAllAllAllAllAll
Airey Miller
8%343350DCSP/PP11%13%SomeAllN/OSomeSomeSome
Architype
13%542551DCSP42%11%AllAllN/OAllSomeSome
Ashe Construction
8%95257GPP (C)5%2%AllAllN/OAllN/ON/O
Assael Architecture
2%684074GPP/PP (NC)27%6%AllAllN/OSomeAllAll
AWW inspired environments
7%663340DCSP20%3%SomeAllSomeAllN/ON/O
Bastow
3%283050Auto enrolment from Jan 201510%20%SomeAllN/ON/OAllAll
Bowman Riley Architects
5%643039DCSP/GPP (C)16%5%SomeSomeSomeSomeN/ON/O
Buro Four
8%843040GPP (NC)25%6%AllAllAllAllAllAll
Child Graddon Lewis
4.5%5023100DCSP41%14%SomeAllN/OSomeSomeN/O
Clancy Consulting
16%1093222GPP/MP (C)7%5%AllAllSomeAllN/OSome
Concertus Design and Property Consultants
15%723055DCSP29%2%AllAllN/OSomeAllAll
Couch Perry Wilkes
9%1973045GPP (C)7%6%AllAllSomeSomeN/ON/O
Crofton Design
4%482555GPP (C)0%14%SomeSomeN/OSomeN/ON/O
Croudace Homes
5%198289DCSP/GPP (C)42%6%N/OSome N/OSomeSomeSome
Cundall
17%3073011GPP (C)10%11%N/OAllAllAllSomeSome
Curtins Consulting
11%2373025GPP (C)6%7%AllAllN/OSomeN/OSome
Darling Associates
3%503030GPP (C)49%13%AllAllAllN/ON/ON/O
David Miller Architects
18%222561PP (C)42%25%SomeAllN/OSomeAllAll
Elliott Thomas Group
21%1532514PP (C)4%14%N/OAllN/OSomeN/OSome
EPR Architects
7%1342835GPP (C)20%11%AllAllN/OSomeAllAll
Feilden+Mawson
8%552851DCSP/GPP/PP (C)20%5%AllAllSomeSomeAllAll
Henry Riley
8%1063130GPP (C)11%8%AllAllSomeSomeN/ON/O
Hilson Moran
16%1772945C11%21%AllAllAllAllN/ON/O
HKS Architects
22%393034CP (C)30%13%AllAllAllSomeAllAll
HLM
10%1653030GPP (C)30%7%AllAllAllSomeN/OAll
HTA Design
12%14430115GPP (C)31%18%SomeAllN/ON/OAllAll
John Rowan and Partners
11%1023629GPP (C)12%30%SomeAllSomeSomeAllAll
Keegans
5%603345DCSP13%12%SomeAllSomeSomeN/ON/O
Mace
13%28322716GPP (C)20%13%AllAllAllAllSomeAll
Make Architects
5%1532545GPP (C)35%29%AllAllAllAllAllAll
Max Fordham
14%1932267GPP (C)20%3%AllAllAllN/OAllAll
Method Consulting
0%13248GPP (C)33%0%SomeSomeN/OAllSomeSome
Mount Anvil
15%1663050GPP (C)10%10%N/OAllN/OAllAllAll
Nicholas Hare Architects
21%393035DCSP28%3%AllAllAllSomeAllN/O
Peter Brett Associates
15%5003050GPP (C)24%7%AllAllAllSomeAllAll
Pozzoni
6%882545GPP (C/NC)24%9%AllSomeAllAllN/ON/O
Quattro Design Architects
26%362955GPP (C)28%2%SomeSomeN/ON/ON/OSome
Redrow Homes
13%13313014GPP (C)25%1%N/OAllN/OAllN/ON/O
Robert Woodhead
6%1023752DCSP9%2%AllAllN/OAllN/ON/O
Robin Partington Architects
6%562840DCSP/GPP (C)29%2%SomeAllAllAllAllAll
RPA Vision
24%462530GPP (C)24%11%N/OAllSomeAllSomeSome
Ryder Architecture
4%1332683PP (C)31%6%SomeAllSomeSomeN/ON/O
Schueco UK
14%1323044GPP (C)9%5%SomeAllSomeAllN/OAll
Scott Brownrigg
10%1812545GPP (C)31%11%AllAllSomeAllSomeAll
SCS Group
3%352560GPP (C)20%3%N/OAllN/OAllAllAll
Stanton Williams
12%942520GPP (C)27%12%SomeAllAllN/OSomeSome
Telford Homes
9%1982513GPP (NC)5%9%N/OAllN/OSomeAllN/O
Thomas Sinden
7%1042824DCSP8%8%AllAllN/OSomeN/ON/O
Troup Bywaters + Anders
21%1642719DCSP/GPP (C)7%21%AllAllN/OAllAllAll
Averages 11% 193 29 41 n/a 21% 10% n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

Methodology

Readers of Building that are eligible to enter Building’s other “Top” tables, such as consultants, contractors, and housebuilders, and other industry firms were invited to take part in the selection process for the Good Employer Guide 2014, through a call for entries published in print and online. Each interested firm was sent a link to an online staff survey to send to all employees, which had to be filled in anonymously by a minimum of 33% of total staff, excluding those who worked in purely support functions such as HR. This survey gauged strength of feeling on the company’s performance in eight key areas: leadership, corporate social responsibility, employees’ opportunity to contribute, working atmosphere, opportunities for smarter working, career progression, the company’s response to current market conditions, and the promotion of mental wellbeing. Staff were also given the opportunity to provide additional information. Survey responses were sent direct to Building magazine, and not seen by the company in question.

Separately, each interested firm was asked to complete an entry form giving the following information:

  • Number of full-time equivalent UK employees
  • Number of female non-administrative staff
  • Annual staff turnover for 2012 and 2013
  • Percentage of staff from a non-white ethnic background
  • Average number of training hours per employee per year
  • Maximum number of paid days holiday available to staff per year
  • Private healthcare provision
  • Maternity benefits offered
  • Paternity benefits offered
  • Opportunities offered for flexible working
  • Opportunities offered to work abroad
  • Opportunities offered for sabbaticals and career breaks
  • Details of pension scheme offered

Companies were also asked to provide a 500-word statement in support of their entry, addressing the following areas: stand-out benefits; how the company has adapted to current market conditions; leadership and development; employee engagement; staff wellbeing and the “feelgood factor”; mental wellbeing; diversity and inclusion; and corporate social responsibility, including attitude towards sustainability.

Companies were also invited to submit supplementary information, in the form of case studies or testimonials, to support their entry.

The entries were assessed by a judging panel comprising: Graham Watts, chief executive of the Construction Industry Council, Graham Paul, partner at CMS, Sean Nesbitt, head of specialist advisory services at Taylor Wessing, Sarah Richardson, editor of Building magazine and Chloë McCulloch, brand production manager and former legal editor of Building magazine.

The top five firms were identified from a shortlist selected in the first judging round by a weighting system that rewarded firms for the benefits offered under the various entry headings and the strength of endorsement from staff gathered through responses to the survey. The weighting system was adjusted to take account of company demographics – for example, the size of the firm was taken into account when assessing the range of benefits offered, as was the sector in which the company worked. So, for example, a small regional contractor would not be penalised for not offering staff the opportunity to work abroad. The final top five were selected by amalgamating individual scores awarded to firms on this shortlist by each of our final round judges.

Beyond the top five, the firms selected for this year’s guide have been listed in alphabetical order. The guide contains the top 50 companies from the entries received. Almost 200 companies registered to be considered for the guide.