Congratulations to our 2025 Finalists

Best Place to Work – Small (<1,000)

Finalists:

Airbox Fulfilment
Fusebox Games
Immersive
Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD)
Mayden
Pipedrive
So Energy
Tigerbond
Zinc Work

Best Place to Work – Medium (1,000 – 5,000)

Finalists:

BBC Studios
Butlin’s
Cooper Parry
DFDS
Nucleus Financial
Royal London
StoneX Group

Best Place to Work – Large (>5,000)

Finalists:

Bright Horizons UK
Mott MacDonald
Octopus Energy Group

Candidate Assessment

Finalists:

Aegon UK
British Airways
BT Group / EE
Cooper Parry
Higgs (Thrivemap)
Integrated Care 24 (IC24)
AWE (Spotted Zebra)

Candidate Experience

Finalists:

Aegon UK
bp retail (PageUp)
British Airways
Dorothy House Hospice Care
Equans
Grant Thornton UK
Impact Futures
King’s College London
MBDA (supported by Meet & Engage)
Mitie
Octopus Energy Group
Sopra Steria 

Career Site

Finalists:

evo Group
First Bus
Forge Holiday Group
ODEON (Creed Comms)
Sopra Steria
Storm Technologies
The Adaptavist Group
University of the Arts London (UAL)
Veolia

Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Strategy

Proudly Partnered by:

Finalists:

BBC Studios
British Heart Foundation
DFDS
GXO Logistics
Leonardo Hotels
Mott MacDonald
Sopra Steria
University of the Arts London (UAL)
Virgin Media O2 

Early Careers Initiative

Finalists:

Apadmi
BUUK Infrastructure
Cooper Parry
DFDS
DHL Supply Chain
Dunelm
Hutchison Ports UK
Kennedys (PageUp)
Leonardo Hotels
Mitie
Morrisons (Amberjack)
National Grid
RDT

Employer Brand

Finalists:

Aegon UK
Drax (Caraffi)
First Bus
Home Group
Munich Re
mydentist (Creed Comms)
National Grid
Now Teach
StoneX Group
Tigerbond 

Executive Search Strategy

Proudly Partnered by:

Finalists:

CBRE
Direct Line Group
King’s College London
Mitie

High-Growth Hiring Strategy

Finalists:

Cooper Parry
Delta Capita
National Grid Electricity Transmission
Nucleus Financial
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

In-house Recruiter (Individual)

Finalists:

Archie Hirson, Newmark
Beth Graham, DFDS
Claudia Tait, Phaidon International
Daniel Vinen, Alcumus
Harry Rijken, Elastic
Jack Stinson, GXO Logistics
Katie Howard, IHG Hotel & Resorts
Kieran Wright, Sullivan & Stanley
Laura Harnett, InHealth
Leandra Maritz, Virgin Media O2
Lyndsay Bamber, Ainscough Crane Hire
Mollie Johnson, Virgin Media O2
Natalie Winterton-Whitfield, ZEAL Creative
Olivia Adams, Tandem Bank
Paul Farmer, Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD)
Paula McInally, West Midlands Combined Authority
Sean Winstanley, DFDS
Sofia Costa, Barchester Healthcare

In-house Recruitment Leader (Individual)

Proudly Partnered by:

Finalists:

Archie Hirson, Newmark
Charlotte Turton, InHealth
Debbie Cole, MBDA
Euan McNair, Aegon UK
Gareth Bowley, Dorothy House Hospice Care
Lucy Keen, Alcumus
Mark Kunaseelan, University of the Arts London (UAL)
Sharron O’Donnell, Virgin Media O2
Swarnendu Halder, Metaphysic.ai
Trishna Dhillon, The Telegraph

Internal Mobility

Finalists:

So Energy
Octopus Investments
Nucleus Financial

Newcomer (Team)

Finalists:

ASM Global Europe + Legends
evo Group
Integrated Care 24 (IC24)
Project Better Energy
Royal London
Telefonica Tech UK&I

Onboarding Strategy

Finalists:

A&M (Eli Onboarding)
Alcumus
Faculty
Impact Futures
Integrated Care 24 (IC24)
Nucleus Financial
Phaidon International
Scottish Power (Amberjack)

Outsourced In-house Recruitment Team (RPO / Embedded Solution)

Finalists:

AJ FLX Part of Alderson James onsite at Vinted
Equitas onsite at Mitie
Hays RPO onsite at Mitie
Highfield Partnership onsite at WRAP
PeopleScout onsite at Heathrow Airport Holdings

Recruitment Innovation

Proudly Partnered by:

Finalists:

Aegon UK
B&M Stores (Eploy)
Barchester Healthcare
IHG
The Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (Sonia Mooney)
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Recruitment Marketing Campaign

Finalists:

BT Group / EE
Dunelm
First Bus
Fostering South West
InterContinental Hotels Group
LEGO (SMRS)
Lidl (Creed Comms)
Mitie
Now Teach
The Eastern Region (Caraffi) 

Recruitment Team – Small (< 1,000 employees)

Finalists:

Homes2Inspire
Made Tech
So Energy
Tandem Bank
Telefonica Tech UK&I
TransferRoom

Recruitment Team – Medium (1,000 – 5,000 employees)

Finalists:

Aegon UK
BBC Studios
Butlin’s
Cooper Parry
DFDS
Elastic
Gowling WLG
Hamberley Care Homes
Hargreaves Lansdown
Rexel UK
Rider Levett Bucknall
The University of Law
University of Sunderland 

Recruitment Team – Large (> 5,000 employees)

Finalists:

Barchester Healthcare
Care UK
GXO Logistics
Islington Council
MBDA
Mondelēz International
Mott MacDonald
Places for People
Ramsay Health Care UK
Spire Healthcare
University of the Arts London (UAL)
Virgin Media O2

Use of AI

Finalists:

BT Group (Sapia.ai)
Oxford International Education Group (ai.r)
Sopra Steria
The Eastern Region (Caraffi)
World Duty Free (ResourceBank and Hubert)

Use of Technology

Finalists:

Barchester Healthcare
Government Recruitment Service (Government People Group)
HCRG Care Group
Ramsay Health Care UK
Virgin Media O2
West Midlands Employers

Video Campaign

Finalists:

BT Group
Fostering South West
GoDaddy
IHG Hotels & Resorts (SMRS)
MBDA (SMRS)