GREENE & CO. ONE OF ‘100 BEST SMALL COMPANIES TO WORK FOR’ FOR SECOND YEAR
3rd March 2008
For the second consecutive year Greene & Co., one of North West London’s most successful estate agencies, has received the honour of being named as one of The Sunday Times ‘100 Best Small Companies to Work For’ and this year, climbing from position 79 to 60.
With a 2-star rating for outstanding performance Greene & Co. is the only estate agency in the UK to receive accreditation this year.
Press Coverage
See the full article in The Sunday Times Supplement, 2nd March, 2008
Findaproperty.com, 4th March, 2008
The Negotiator, 7th March, 2008
Avenues, 6th March, 2008
Sq. M Magazine, March 2008
Ham&High, 26th March, 2008
The Estate Agency Times, March 2008
The Estate Agent, April 2008
Notes to Editors
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The Best Companies survey is designed to measure employee engagement and uses 66 questions to gain a comprehensive view of workplace engagement across eight factors.
Leadership measures how people feel about the head of their organization, the senior management team and the values of the organization.
Well Being measures stress, pressure, the balance between work and home life
and the impact of these factors on personal health and performance.
My Manager measures whether people feel supported, trusted and cared for by their immediate manager.
My Team includes encouraging team spirit, feeling part of the company, having fun, and belonging.
My Company focuses on how much people value their company, how proud they are to work there, and whether they make a difference.
Personal Growth examines whether people feel challenged by their job, whether their skills are being utilized and their perceived opportunities for advancement.
Giving Something Back explores how much people think their organization puts back into society and whether they believe this effort is driven by profit motives
Fair Deal includes how well employees feel they are treated and how their pay and benefits compare to similar organisations.
The Best Companies Accreditation
The Accreditation, developed by Best Companies is based on a star rating system where one star is first class, two stars are outstanding, and three stars are extraordinary. Organisational successes have been defined using data from the 2008 Best Companies to Work For survey which involved surveying over 140,000 employees from 558 companies. The Best Companies survey is designed to measure employee engagement and uses 66 questions to gain a comprehensive view of employee engagement across eight factors. Every company that goes for Best Companies Accreditation is given a Best Companies Index score (BCI). This score (on a scale of 1 to 1000) is defined from employees’ responses to the sixteen key questions within the Best Companies survey. ‘Star Status’ is determined by the ‘BCI’ score and the specific cut-off points for One, Two, and Three Star Accreditation remain constant year on year.
Accreditation in 2008
This year, 653 organisations entered the Best Companies Accreditation. This is a 33.5% increase from the number of organisations entering last year. Of these companies 558 completed the final process and Best Companies received survey responses from over 140,000 employees since September. Overall, 307 organisations achieved accreditation this year.
• 48 organisations achieved Three Star Status
• 117 organisations achieved Two Star Status
• 142 Companies achieved One Star Status
About Best Companies Ltd.
Best Companies Ltd. is dedicated to `Helping make the World a better Workplace’. We achieve this by providing organisations that participate in our research with high quality data about how engaged their employees are with their business. The data is compiled by utilizing our highly academically rigorous methodology that has been created using more than 700,000 responses from employees about their workplace experience.
Best Companies researches and compiles The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For lists, and we have a wealth of real-life examples of best practice, that can show you how to give your business a better chance in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
We have been providing the unique methodology for The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For since 2001. Our organisation also conducts a wide range of ongoing detailed research based on our authoritative and highly rigorous methodology.
About Greene & Co.
Greene & Co are one of London’s most successful Estate Agents, with over 20 years experience in the buying, selling, letting and management of property across North West London. Each of its five branches has a different area of focus and style of approach. The longest established branches in West Hampstead and Maida Vale, and the newest branch in Crouch End, represent a range of mid market properties across the area for first and second time buyers.
Home was established in 2000, as a concept store in Belsize Park. The comfortable and informal shop environment is customer friendly, with all property details on display to encourage browsing and facilities for customers to sit down for coffee and sweets while searching through the in-shop computers. Urban Spaces, in Clerkenwell, are experts in the buying and selling of lofts, live/work and unusual contemporary design spaces throughout the UK.
David Pollock, Managing Director, has developed a strong customer service culture and personal service features that differentiate Greene & Co. from most estate agents and their pioneering Goodwill Charter has significantly reduced gazumping and gazundering.
In 2007 Greene & Co. were named Best Customer Services Agency at the prestigious national Estate Agency of the Year Awards 2007. Supported by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the awards are a benchmark for exceptional standards of service and achievement within the industry.
Greene & Co. Goodwill Charter
Greene & Co. have pioneered the Goodwill Charter – a highly acclaimed scheme where buyers and sellers both sign an agreement promising not to guzump or gazunder. Both parties pay an amount of money to the estate agent and this is forfeited if either side pulls out. The result has been committed buyers and a fall-through rate of only one in five sales – significantly lower than the industry average.