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three main strands: wellbeing, charity and
events. From yoga and financial wellbeing
workshops to lunch ’n’ learns and parties
on the roof terrace overlooking Camden
Lock, the team knows how to doctor its
environment to keep people engaged,
inspired, motivated and ‘on brand’.
APPETITE FOR FUN
Following rapid growth, Deliveroo, the
six-year-old start-up that is on a mission
to transform the way customers eat,
moved into its current riverside location
in 2017. It now employs more than 1,000
full-time sta and works with over 20,000
restaurants in 130 cities around the world.
With bright colours throughout, ping
pong tables, beer fridges, ca eine stations
and an onsite gym, the workplace is as fun
as the brand, and it successfully caters to
its younger demographic. As one might
expect, these guys really care about food.
Employees get to enjoy a daily ‘snack hour’.
And enjoy it they do. The onsite
FM quipped that the food
gets demolished within
minutes.
As if that
weren’t enough,
all employees
have yearround
access
to the roo op
garden,
which spans
the length
of the entire
building and
o ers panoramic
views of the London
skyline.
LINKED TO GROWTH
Over 27 million people in the UK use
LinkedIn to make professional
connections. In a bold move,
the web giant o ered an
exclusive tour of its brandnew
premises at The Ray
Farringdon, a mixeduse
development
providing high-quality
commercial and o ice
space in Farringdon
Road, split over
seven levels. The
space has been
designed with growth
in mind.
There is a strong
focus on community
– not just the LinkedIn
community but the
community in which the
business operates. Engaging
with local artists, the space
pays homage to the capital,
from the bathroom tiles that
capture a typical London
pub aesthetic
to London
Underground
murals.
Throughout
the corridors,
pots of pens
have been
le next
to blank
canvases to
encourage
self-expression.
The idea is that
people will add a
personal touch to the
artwork while meandering
through the space. It’s all about creating a
sense of belonging.
THE SKY’S THE LIMIT
Listed by Glassdoor as one of London’s
‘coolest o ice spaces in 2018’, and
previously ranked sixth in The Sunday
Times’ ‘top places to work’, Skyscanner
has created a futureproof workplace for its
230 employees. An impressive 95 per cent
of employees believe Skyscanner ensures
their wellbeing at work, 91 per cent feel
their work environment is conducive to
e ective working, and 85 per cent believe
they can balance work and personal
commitments.
Skyscanner’s mission is to encourage
and help people travel and explore the
world, creatively reflected in the design and
management of the London o ice. Globes,
cockpit cabins and Japanese-style micro
hotel pods break up the green and open
space designed to accommodate meetings
between Skyscanner teams across the
globe.
Sta are actively encouraged to see the
world, with every employee given two
weeks a year to work in any country of
their choosing. The set-up is the same in
every Skyscanner o ice, and the company
operates an IT self-service policy so people
can literally help themselves to whatever
they need. A er five years of service,
employees are also entitled to five weeks’
paid leave on top of their already generous
annual leave package.
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
The headquarters of Hearst UK – the
publisher of Good Housekeeping,
Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar and
Esquire – spans five floors in the West End’s
vibrant Leicester Square. Retaining its
Skyscanner’s mission is
to encourage and help people
travel and explore the world,
creatively refl ected in the
design and management of
the London offi ce.”