Benchmark provides the feel good factor to local businesses
15th July 2015
Employee wellness was hot on the agenda for the Benchmark Business Breakfast this Tuesday (14th July) with Sheffield Hallam University's (SHU) Wellness team providing mini health checks, and giving an insight into the importance of implementing a wellness policy for employees.
Benchmark Recruit works to ensure businesses retain their staff through a healthy and proactive attitude, ultimately creating a happy work force - and the breakfast was designed to share this approach with the Sheffield business community. -Sheffield Hallam University's Wellness Programme presented itself as the perfect partner for the event as they are pioneers of staff wellness, having provided the only staff wellness programme in the country for over 10 years - increasing productivity due to the reductions and improvements in both absenteeism and presenteeism. Health and wellbeing is increasingly at the forefront of the businesses agenda and we were keen to introduce businesses to this way of thinking and many of our attendees are already considering this proactive approach, said Louisa Harrison Walker, Benchmark Recruit Director. -Our wellness services are based around a desire to make a difference within the organisations that we work with through enhancing employee wellbeing and subsequently productivity. Our unique combination of psychological behaviour change techniques (which develop employee autonomy and responsibility for health) alongside health assessments and individualised action plans, makes our Wellness Programme highly cost-effective, sustainable programme. Our programmes are tailored to the client needs with a number of flexible delivery models at a site of your choice, said Hanna Leahy, Business Development Manager at SHU Centre for Sport, Exercise and Science. Alongside the Wellness Team, the Benchmark Business Breakfast also had the Sleep Geek, James Wilson, in attendance to help ensure people are recharging their batteries at night coming to work refreshed and ready to face a full on day at work. Guests at the event were also treated to a juice tasting session with energising natural ingredients designed to set them up for their working day.
