Organisations certified as Top Employers dedicate themselves to providing the best working environment for employees through their progressive, people-first HR practices.
“To become recognised as a Top Employer, an organisation has to prove that the implementation of their people strategies enriches the world of work of their employees,” says Top Employers Institute CEO David Plink. “The certified participants are a shining example of a dedication to people practices as they commit to empowering their employees for a better world of work.”
The Top Employers Institute Global Certification Programme has certified and recognised more than 1,600 Top Employers in more than 119 countries and regions across five continents.
Here are the employers that made the cut in the UK and Ireland for 2020 …
UK
Abbott
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Its portfolio of technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Abbott’s 103,000 employees serve people in more than 160 countries.
AkzoNobel
AkzoNobel has a proud legacy of making the paints and coatings that colour and protect our homes, landmarks, vehicles, and more – using its passion for paint to make a difference.
Alcon Eye Care UK Ltd
Alcon provides innovative products to address the growing eye care demands of the future and supports the full lifecycle of patient needs, to enhance the quality of peoples’ lives.
Alphabet (GB) Ltd
Part of the BMW Group, Alphabet is a leading provider of leasing and mobility services. Helping organisations achieve their fleet and business travel requirements, while keeping employees on the move.
Alstom UK
Alstom is a world leader in integrated transport systems and a promotor of sustainable mobility. Products range from high-speed trains to metros and maintenance to infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility.
Amadeus IT Services UK Ltd
With a purpose to shape the future of travel, Amadeus is passionate in its pursuit of better technology that makes better journeys by connecting the entire travel ecosystem.
Avanade UK Ltd
A leading provider of innovative digital and cloud business solutions, delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem.
Avon Cosmetics Ltd
More than a beauty company, Avon is a global force for women. Offering innovative, affordable beauty across 50 markets both online and face-to-face via a network of millions of beauty advisors.
Bentley Motors
The most sought-after luxury car brand in the world.
Bouygues Construction
As a global player in construction and services, Bouygues Construction designs, builds and operates public and private buildings, transport infrastructures, energy and communications networks, helping customers shape a better life.
British American Tobacco UK
British American Tobacco is a leading tobacco group, with brands sold in more than 200 markets. It employs more than 55,000 people and has more than 200 brands in its portfolio.
BSH Home Appliances
A subsidiary of BSH Hausgerate GmbH, the largest manufacturer of home appliances in Europe, BSH Home Appliances has four leading brands in the UK – Bosch, Neff, Siemens and Gaggenau.
Bureau Veritas UK
A global leader in testing, inspection and certification, Bureau Veritas delivers high-quality services to help clients meet the growing challenges of quality, safety, environmental protection and social responsibility.
Canon Europe Limited
Canon is the world’s best imaging company – enriching lives and businesses through imaging experiences.
CDL
CDL has established its position as a market leader in the competitive retail insurance sector by creating powerful software solutions that deliver a competitive and innovative advantage to its customers.
CGI UK
Serving clients from hundreds of locations worldwide, CGI is a leading IT and business consulting services firm focused on being a partner, employer and investment of choice.
Chep UK Ltd
Chep is a global provider of innovative supply chain solutions, tailored to the unique business requirements of its customers. It has more than 1,100 employees.
Chiesi
Chiesi owes its continued success to the dedication and hard work of its people to give patients access to innovative medicines that improve quality of life.
Cognizant Worldwide Ltd
Cognizant is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era.
DHL International (UK) Ltd
The global market leader for international express courier services. With a network that relies on the expertise of employees across the world, DHL Express offers outstanding career development opportunities.
DHL Supply Chain
DHL Supply Chain is the world’s leading contract logistics provider, offering specialist expertise within the automotive, consumer, chemicals, energy, engineering and manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare, retail and technology sectors.
East Midlands Railway
A rail company dedicated to safe, enjoyable journeys, the company delivers more than 470 services daily across the East of England.
EDPR UK Ltd
EDPR is a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s fourth-largest wind energy producer.
Electrolux
A global leader in household appliances and appliances for professional use, Electrolux sells more than 60m products to customers in more than 150 markets every year.
Experian Ltd UK
Experian is the world’s leading global information services company, helping individuals to access financial services, businesses to make smarter decisions, lenders to lend more responsibly, and organisations to prevent identity fraud and crime.
Faurecia United Kingdom
As a global leader in automotive technology, Faurecia provides innovative solutions to automotive challenges within its four strategic businesses: Faurecia Seating, Faurecia Interiors, Faurecia Clean Mobility and Faurecia Clarion Electronics.
FirstPort Ltd
FirstPort is the UK’s largest residential property manager, overseeing 196,000 homes in 3,900 developments. With four decades of experience, its 3,000 employees work with developers, investors, freeholders and resident management companies.
Foster + Partners
Foster + Partners is a global studio for architecture, urbanism and design, rooted in sustainability. Founded in 1967 by Norman Foster.
GroupM UK Ltd
GroupM is the world’s leading media investment company. It creates competitive advantage for advertisers via its organisation of media experts, who deliver powerful insights on consumers and media platforms, trading expertise, market-leading brand-safe media, technology solutions and more.
Harrods
One of the best-known and respected retail brands in the world, Harrods employs approximately 10,000 people, who serve more than 15 million customers a year.
HCL Technologies UK Ltd
A $9.3bn global technology company with more than 147,000 employees operating across 44 countries, HCL Technologies (HCL) empowers global enterprises with technology for the next decade today.
Heineken UK
Heineken is the UK’s leading pub, cider and beer business and owns 2,700 pubs as part of its Star Pubs & Bars business, employs 2,400 people and has more than 25 cider and beer brands in its portfolio.
Huawei Technologies (UK)
Huawei is the world’s largest telecommunications equipment manufacturer and a leading global provider of ICT infrastructure and smart devices, covering cross-telecom networks, IT, smart devices and cloud services. We are committed to bringing digital to every person, home and organisation for a fully connected, intelligent world.
IG
IG is a global leader in online trading, helping clients to access a range of financial markets through its successful, inspirational, diligent workforce and award-winning, innovative trading platform.
Imperial Tobacco UK, part of Imperial Brands
Imperial Brands is a FTSE100 global FMCG business. The 30,000 like-minded achievers it employs worldwide are driven by a common purpose: to create something better for the world’s smokers.
Infosys
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. It enables clients in 45 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With more than three decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, Infosys expertly steers its clients through their digital journey.
International SOS
International SOS is in the business of saving lives, and protecting global workforces from health and security threats. Its customised health, security risk management and wellbeing solutions fuel the growth and productivity of organisations worldwide.
JD Wetherspoon
JD Wetherspoon owns and operates pubs and hotels throughout the UK and Ireland, employing more than 43,000 full- and part-time staff.
JTI Manchester
Part of the Japan Tobacco group, based in award-winning offices in Manchester, the company provides financial services to JTI locations worldwide.
JTI UK
JTI is a member of the Japan Tobacco Group of Companies, a leading international tobacco product manufacturer.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd
As a leading smart data and digital services company, Konica Minolta meets the changing needs of customers with its digital print, internet of things, artificial intelligence and augmented reality solutions.
Kuehne + Nagel Ltd
Kuehne + Nagel manages warehouses and moves products across the globe, ensuring everything from lifesaving medicine to aeroplane engines gets where it’s needed.
LNER
LNER is on a mission to transform rail travel for the customers and communities it serves, aiming to achieve its goal by empowering its diverse and talented teams based along the East Coast route.
Lookers
Lookers is one of the UK’s largest motor retailers, offering a wide range of quality and prestige new and used cars, as well as a comprehensive suite of tailored aftersales services.
Manchester Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan is one of the largest employers in Manchester, embedded into the fabric of the city.
Mitie Group plc
Mitie is the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, offering a range of technical, business and specialist services, including engineering, security, cleaning, waste management and landscaping. Mitie employs 48,900 people.
Molson Coors Brewing Co (UK) Ltd
One of the largest global brewers, Molson Coors has a deep heritage in the UK. Its award-winning brands include Carling, Coors Light, Doom Bar, Pravha, Cobra, Staropramen and the nearly 300-year-old Aspall Cyder brand.
MSD
For more than a century, MSD, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, has been inventing for life by providing medicines and vaccines for the world’s most challenging diseases.
Nice-Pak International
The European leader in the development and manufacture of pre-moistened wipes. With production facilities in the UK and Germany, it produces more than 500m packs a year.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
A medicines company committed to reimagining medicine and discovering new ways to improve and extend people’s lives. Novartis products reach nearly 1 billion people every year.
NTT Ltd UK
NTT Ltd is a global technology services company that partners with organisations around the world to shape and achieve outcomes through intelligent technology solutions.
Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe – UK
A key research, development and manufacturing facility within the Olympus Corporation, Olympus Surgical Technologies Europe – UK strives for excellence and innovation within the field of minimally invasive surgery.
Orange Business Services
As an infrastructure operator, technology integrator and supplier of value-added services, Orange Business Services supports businesses and local governments, and public sector organisations through every step of their digital transformation. Data is at the heart of digital transformation for businesses.
OVO Energy Ltd
OVO is the UK’s leading independent energy technology company and supplier.
PepsiCo UK
PepsiCo is home to market-leading brands including household favourites such as Walkers, Tropicana, Copella, Quaker and Pepsi Max. PepsiCo products are enjoyed in more than 200 countries and territories around the world.
Perfetti Van Melle – PVM UK
Perfetti Van Melle is an international manufacturer and marketer of confectionary and chewing gum. Sitting second in this market globally, it employs more than 19,000 people across 35 operating companies with sales in more than 150 countries.
Pfizer UK
One of the world’s premier biopharmaceutical companies applying science and global resources to bring therapies to people that extend and significantly improve patients’ lives through the discovery, development and manufacturing of healthcare products.
Philip Morris International
PMI is designing a smoke-free future, investing £4.5bn in developing better, less harmful alternatives to cigarettes. We want to play our part in helping the UK be the first country in the world to go smoke-free.
Phoenix Group
The largest specialist consolidator of heritage life assurance funds in Europe. Its main focus is on closed life fund consolidation, where it specialises in the acquisition and management of closed life insurance and pension funds.
Puma UK
Puma is one of the world’s leading sports brands. For more than 70 years, PUMA has pushed sport and culture forward by creating fast products for the world’s fastest athletes.
QVC UK
QVC UK is a multi-platform retailer that harnesses the power of social media, e-commerce and live TV, offering millions of customers a unique shopping experience.
Reckitt Benckiser PLC
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is a growing community of more than 40,000 diverse, talented employees – all driven to create healthier lives and happier homes. RB’s mission is to research, create and produce effective and convenient solutions to the everyday challenges that empower everyone to take their health into their own hands.
Rider Levett Bucknall UK Limited
Rider Levett Bucknall is an independent construction, property and management consultancy. It believes in a diverse and inclusive environment and celebrates its people as individuals.
RM plc
Whether it’s technology for schools or exam boards, or the educational resources you could find in a primary school, RM helps teachers teach and learners learn.
Sacker & Partners LLP
The UK’s leading law firm for workplace pension schemes, advising trustees, employers, and providers.
Saffery Champness
Saffery Champness is one of the UK’s largest accountancy firms, specialising in advising wealthy individuals and their families, owner-managed businesses, entrepreneurs, charities, not-for-profit organisations and landed estates.
Saint-Gobain
Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes building materials, providing innovative solutions that are key ingredients in the wellbeing of each of us and the future of all. Its solutions answer today’s critical challenges of growth, energy efficiency and environmental protection and help to improve daily life.
Sandoz Ltd UK
Sandoz is a global leader in generic pharmaceuticals and biosimilars. As a division of the Novartis Group, Sandoz is committed to playing a leading role in driving access to medicine.
Sanofi
Sanofi is a global life sciences company, committed to improving access to healthcare and supporting the people it serves throughout the continuum of care.
Santander UK
A financial services provider that offers a wide range of personal and commercial financial products and services to approximately 15 million customers.
SAP UK Ltd
As the experience company powered by intelligent enterprise, SAP is the market leader in enterprise application software, helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best.
SAS
SAS is the leader in analytics. Through innovative software and services, SAS empowers and inspires customers around the world to transform data into intelligence.
ScotRail
ScotRail is a team of more than 5,300 people working together to connect communities, support business, boost tourism, and deliver a railway Scotland can be proud of.
Securitas Security Services UK
Securitas blends people, technology and knowledge to deliver total protection. It layers six protective services: on-site, mobile, electronic, remote security, fire and safety and corporate risk management to provide intelligent, proactive security.
Tata Consultancy Services
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation that has been partnering with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys for the past 50 years.
Travis Perkins plc
The UK’s largest distributor of building materials to the construction and home improvement markets. Travis Perkins operates over 20 businesses from more than 2,000 sites and employs almost 30,000 people nationwide.
UST Global Pvt Ltd
UST Global is a leading digital technology solutions company that offers sophisticated computing and digital services to 1,000 global organisations, in alignment with its mission of transforming lives.
Virtusa UK
Virtusa is a global provider of digital business transformation, digital engineering and information technology outsourcing services, which accelerate the journey of its clients to their digital future.
Weightmans LLP
Weightmans is a UK law firm with more than 1,200 employees. We strive to attract diverse talent, and are committed to the development of our people and results for our clients.
Whirlpool
The leading major appliance manufacturer in the world, with approximately $21bn in annual sales, 92,000 employees and 65 manufacturing and technology research centres worldwide.
Whitbread
Whitbread is the UK’s leading hotel operator with more than 35,000 employees who are passionate about making everyday experiences special for millions of customers both in the UK and overseas.
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
One of the largest registered housing providers in Greater Manchester providing homes to 20,000 people, whose vision is creating communities where people choose to live and work, having pride in their homes and services.
Ireland
Charles Hurst
Charles Hurst, part of the Lookers Group, is Northern Ireland’s largest motor retailer, offering a wide range of quality and prestige new and used cars, as well as a comprehensive suite of tailored after-sales services.
CHEP Ireland
CHEP is a global provider of innovative supply chain solutions, tailored to the unique business requirements of its customers.
DHL Global Forwarding Ireland
Since 1815, DHL has been a leader in freight forwarding. It is globally present in more than 150 countries with a headcount of over 45,000 employees.
DHL Supply Chain Ireland
DHL Supply Chain is the world’s leading contract logistics provider, offering specialist expertise within the automotive, consumer, chemicals, energy, engineering and manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare, retail and technology sectors.
Imperial Tobacco Ireland
Imperial Brands is a FTSE100 global FMCG business. The 30,000 likeminded achievers it employs worldwide are driven by a common purpose: to create something better for the world’s smokers.
JTI Ireland
JTI Ireland’s commercial operations are based in Citywest, Dublin. Employee wellbeing and development is at the core of JTI’s culture, as well as commitment to operating a more sustainable workplace.
Novartis Ireland Ltd
Novartis Ireland Ltd’s aim is to re-imagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. It continuously improves the working experience to unleash the potential of its associates, making it an employer of choice.
PJ Carroll (BAT Ireland)
British American Tobacco is a leading tobacco group, with brands sold in more than 200 markets. It employs more than 55,000 people and has more than 200 brands in its portfolio.
Saint-Gobain Ireland
Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes building materials, providing innovative solutions that are key ingredients in the wellbeing of each of us and the future of all. Its solutions answer today’s critical challenges of growth, energy efficiency and environmental protection, and help to improve daily life.
Takeda Ireland Ltd
Takeda Ireland Ltd is delighted to retain its Top Employer status in Ireland, Europe and globally for another year, highlighting its dedication to its people and culture.
