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Read our latest blogs on everything gifting, employee recognition, and just making workplaces better.
We made the Sunday Times Best Places to Work list. Here's the story behind it.
May 21, 2026
Huggg has been named in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026. The honest story of how a coffee gifting app became one of the UK's best workplaces.
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.
Best corporate gifts for employees and clients in 2026
August 17, 2026
A ranked shortlist of the best corporate gifts for employees and clients in 2026, tagged by who they suit, how they travel to remote and international recipients, and how to keep them tax-friendly.
Team experiences vs gift cards: what people actually remember
August 14, 2026
A practical comparison of team experiences and gift cards as a team treat: cost, admin, scale, tax and which one people actually remember, plus how to stop choosing between them.
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.
Employee rewards platform vs one-off gift cards: what scales without the admin
August 7, 2026
Buying gift cards one by one works fine for a handful of people. At 50, 500 or 5,000 the admin eats the gesture. Here's where one-off gift cards break, and what an employee rewards platform changes about giving at scale.
How to choose an employee rewards platform your team will actually use
August 6, 2026
Most rewards platforms get bought on features and then barely used. Here's the buyer's checklist that predicts adoption, the questions to ask on a demo, and the red flags that mean a tool will end up unused.