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Read our latest blogs on everything gifting, employee recognition, and just making workplaces better.
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What to write in a work anniversary or long service message (with templates)
August 24, 2026
A four-part structure for work anniversary messages, 15 copy-and-paste templates by milestone, long service award wording, and the phrases to leave out.
What to write in a work anniversary or long service message (with templates)
August 24, 2026
A four-part structure for work anniversary messages, 15 copy-and-paste templates by milestone, long service award wording, and the phrases to leave out.
Empty recognition: what 500 UK workers told us about being thanked at work
August 18, 2026
We asked 500 UK workers how their manager recognises them. How often it happens, and whether it's genuine, mattered far more than what was spent on it.
How to launch an employee recognition programme in your first 30 days
August 13, 2026
A week-by-week plan to get an employee recognition programme live in 30 days, from picking a budget to your first real sends, without a six-month project or a committee.
How to treat a remote or deskless team to a summer moment (no whip-round, no addresses)
August 12, 2026
How to give a spread-out team a proper summer treat without a collection envelope, a spreadsheet of home addresses, or leaving anyone out.
You're spending money fixing the wrong problem
August 11, 2026
We asked 500 UK workers about recognition. Spending more on the reward barely moved the needle. Here's what actually did.
Best staff reward ideas for deskless and shift-based teams in 2026
August 10, 2026
Reward ideas that actually reach hourly, shift and deskless teams, without a work email, a home address or a whip-round. Built for retail, hospitality, care, warehouse and field workers.
Our reward budget gets underspent every year. How do we fix take-up?
August 5, 2026
If your employee reward budget goes unspent every year, the problem usually isn't apathy. It's friction. Here's why take-up stalls and the practical fixes that get a reward programme actually used.
What employee rewards actually cost when nobody uses them
August 4, 2026
Reward schemes get judged on what goes in, not what gets used, and the gap is where the money disappears. Here's the real cost of rewards nobody claims, and why choice-led recognition lands where a reward scheme doesn't.
Employee gift cards vs cash bonuses: which one people actually remember
July 31, 2026
A cash bonus feels like the generous option. But it's the one people forget, and the one that's always taxed. Here's an honest comparison of gift cards vs cash bonuses for employees, on memory, cost, tax and effort, and when each one is actually the right call.