2023 Engage Awards: Winners Revealed

Meet our 2023 winners!

Last night, we held our annual Engage Awards ceremony, celebrating the innovative employee engagement strategies of companies from all over the globe. Our glittering Awards Ceremony took place at The Brewery in London, where the British comedian Hugh Dennis delighted the audience and announced the 2023 winners.

Discover the winners, runners-up, and finalists in each category below!

BEST BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION STRATEGY

• Cornerstone Care Solutions
• eStar Truck & Van
• Olsen Cruise Lines
• Fresh Communication
• Mortgage Advice Bureau
• NatWest
• OVO energy
• Sky UK – Group Service Management
• SUSE Software Solutions LTD UK

WINNER: FRED. OLSEN CRUISE LINES
HIGHLY COMMENDED: SKY UK - GROUP SERVICE MANAGEMENT
HIGHLY COMMENDED: ESTAR TRUCK & VAN

BEST CUSTOMER AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME

• Cromwell Tools
• Ethos Farm in partnership with Westfield (URW)
• Gen Digital
• NKD + Australia Post
• Phoenix Group
• Shell

WINNER: PHOENIX GROUP
HIGHLY COMMENDED: NKD + AUSTRALIA POST

BEST DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION STRATEGY

• Croftstone Consulting UK
• Grupo Salinas International
• Liberty Global
• Ocado Group – Ocado Technology
• Rare Restaurants
• Third Bridge

WINNER: CROFTSTONE CONSULTING UK
HIGHLY COMMENDED: LIBERTY GLOBAL

BEST EMPLOYEE WELLBEING STRATEGY

• Balfour Beatty
• Bupa UK
• Exinity
• Grupo Salinas International
• Lubbock Fine
• NFU Mutual Direct
• NSPCC
• Ocado Group – Ocado Technology
• Platform Housing Group
• Poll Everywhere
• Product Madness
• Reward Gateway
• Ruby Digital
• SoftServe
• Sutherland

WINNER: EXINITY
HIGHLY COMMENDED: SUTHERLAND
HIGHLY COMMENDED: SOFTSERVE

BEST INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY

• 2 Sisters Food Group
• AstraZeneca
• Balfour Beatty
• Bank of Ireland
• Kilo Health
• Marks and Spencer
• NHS Fife
• Product Madness

WINNER: KILO HEALTH
HIGHLY COMMENDED: ASTRAZENECA
HIGHLY COMMENDED: PRODUCT MADNESS

BEST USE OF INNOVATION IN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

• 2 Sisters Food Group
• AstraZeneca
• Balfour Beatty
• Care UK
• Dojo and Benefex
• Eternal Engagements
• Mimecast
• Moto Hospitality
• Ocado Group
• Phoenix Group
• Raiffeisen Bank Austria d.d.
• Virgin & Gate One

WINNER: PHOENIX GROUP
HIGHLY COMMENDED: OCADO GROUP
HIGHLY COMMENDED: VIRGIN AND GATE ONE

BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

• 2 Sisters Food Group
• Cocentric and IMI
• Deloitte UK
• Eternal Engagements
• Flip App
• Grupo Salinas International
• Marks and Spencer
• Newcastle Building Society
• NHS Fife
• phs Group
• Sutherland
• T-Mobile & Augeo

WINNER: NEWCASTLE BUILDING SOCIETY
HIGHLY COMMENDED: GRUPO SALINAS INTERNATIONAL
HIGHLY COMMENDED: SUTHERLAND

BEST USE OF TRAINING

• Accenture
• Aegon
• Arla Foods
• Capgemini Invent
• Cromwell Tools
• DBS Bank Ltd
• FlowSparks
• London Borough of Barking and Dagenham
• Mitie
• S&P Global
• The Foundation (with HSBC)
• Third Bridge

WINNER: CAPGEMINI INVENT
HIGHLY COMMENDED: ACCENTURE
HIGHLY COMMENDED: MITIE

BEST USE OF VOICE OF THE EMPLOYEE

• Balfour Beatty
• DBS Bank Ltd
• Grupo Salinas International
• iQ Student Accommodation
• Lucid Group Communications Ltd
• Marks and Spencer
• Newcastle Building Society
• NSPCC
• Ocado Group
• Phoenix Group

WINNER: BALFOUR BEATTY
HIGHLY COMMENDED: PHOENIX GROUP
HIGHLY COMMENDED: OCADO GROUP

GREAT PLACE TO WORK

• Care UK
• Clarity Environmental Limited
• High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd
• HubGem Marketing Ltd
• LACE Partners
• Ledger Bennett
• MRM Global
• NFU Mutual Direct
• Noble Foods
• Phoenix Group
• Platform Housing Group
• Redgate
• Roadchef Motorways Ltd
• Situ
• Smile Education
• Sonovate
• Sopra Steria
• SupportYourApp
• Utilita Energy
• Zopa

WINNER: HUBGEM MAREKTING LTD
HIGHLY COMMENDED: PHOENIX GROUP
HIGHLY COMMENDED: SOPRA STERIA

Considering that the Engage Awards received a record-breaking number of entries this year, we would like to extend our congratulations to the award winners once more!

Read the success stories of the 2023 winners here. Over the coming weeks, we will also be conducting interviews with the 2023 winners and sharing their success stories.

Those interested in entering the 2024 Engage Awards can do so from January 22^nd.