High levels of staff engagement at Nedbank Private Wealth have yet again placed the company on The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For listing for 2016. The listing and a three-star “extraordinary” accreditation* in this year’s UK Best Companies Guide result from the UK’s largest ever survey into workplace engagement, involving over 800 companies and over 400,000 employees.

Greg Horton, Nedbank Private Wealth’s managing director, said: “We are delighted to receive such a positive endorsement from our own employees. Our company aim is to serve our clients better than any other financial services organisation and we appreciate that employee engagement is crucial to achieving this.

“We have an amazing team and to maintain our high levels of client service, we continue to make significant investments in recruiting and developing the best people. We have been rewarded by an exceptional level of staff loyalty. Almost 70 per cent of our staff have over five years’ experience with us and almost 40 per cent have over 10 years’. Most importantly, from the client’s perspective, this translates into exceptional continuity and quality of service.”

Following its most recent client survey**, the bank recorded client satisfaction levels among the top ten per cent of all UK businesses and the highest ever score for speed of response.

The Sunday Times and Best Companies celebrate the best workplaces in the UK every year. Employees within each organisation are surveyed and businesses are judged based on feedback directly from their staff. The survey explores staff perceptions of eight key aspects of the business: wellbeing; personal growth; fair deal; company leadership; employees’ feelings towards their managers, team and company; and what the company gives back to society.

Nedbank Private Wealth has an impressive track record over the years and received a special award in 2014 for the exceptional achievement of appearing on the list for 10 consecutive years. It was one of only three companies across the UK to attain this and the only financial services company to have ever achieved such an unbroken run of awards.

Jonathan Austin, CEO and founder of Best Companies, said: “I would like to congratulate Nedbank Private Wealth on their outstanding achievement. This year it is encouraging to see that more and more organisations are recognising the value of employee engagement and are willing to benchmark themselves against the best to ensure they are offering their employees the best possible experience. Organisations like Nedbank Private Wealth have continued to focus on their employees and have been rewarded with an engaged workforce who tell us that it is a great place to work.”

Photo - Greg Horton, managing director, Nedbank Private Wealth (right) receiving the award from Jonathan Austin, Founder and CEO of Best Companies (left)