The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For

Unbeatable Gore marches fourth into top spot again

W L Gore is home and dry again as winner of the UK’s toughest survey yet to measure staff satisfaction. But there are signs of other Companies closing the gap as workplace standards rise, reports Alastair McCall

They’ve done it again. W L Gore & Associates have topped The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For survey for the fourth year running.

The good news for the chasing pack is that the gap between Gore and the rest has narrowed in the past 12 months, but not enough to topple it from its throne. It remains the company to beat, offering its 454 employees better personal growth, greater team spirit and a stronger sense of belonging than any other company in our contest.

Just making the lists — the 100 Best Companies to Work For, the 20 Best Big Companies to Work For (both contained in this supplement) and the 100 Best Small Companies to Work For — is prize enough for most Companies. Read more...

Best 100 Companies to work for

2007 2006 Employer Sector
51 (39) Wragge & Co Legal
52 (NEW) Call Connection Services
53 (18) Olswang Legal
54 (NEW) Marathon Energy supplier
55 (63) Benfield Financial services
56 (NEW) Britannia Building Society Financial services
57 (NEW) Vicinity Group Social Housing
58 (61) South Cheshire College Education
59 (NEW) Jagex Leisure
60 (56) Michael Page International Recruitment
61 (54) Bramall Construction Social Housing
62 (67) Gerald Eve Property
63 (NEW) Gardiner & Theobald Construction
64 (NEW) Think Money Group Financial services
65 (NEW) Hilti GB Construction
66 (NEW) Munters Property
67 (90) Brabners Chaffe Street Legal
68 (22) Lush Retail
69 (NEW) CCEA Education
70 (NEW) Jones Lang LaSalle Property
71 (17) Peter Brett Associates Developers
72 (41) Bettys & Taylors of Harrogate Manufacturing
73 (96) Altro Manufacturing
74 (NEW) Thames Reach Charity
75 (NEW) Consumer Credit Counselling Service Charity

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  • View Leadership Ranks How employees feel about the head of the company and its senior managers
  • View Wellbeing Ranks How staff feel about stress, pressure and the balance between their work and home duties
  • View Belonging Ranks Feelings about the company people work for as opposed to the people they work with
  • View Giving Back Ranks How much Companies are thought by their staff to put back into society in general and the local community in particular
  • View Personal Growth Ranks To what extent staff feel they are stretched and challenged by their job
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