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Conscious Gifting for Employees: Spotlight on Sipsmith Gin
Employee reward and recognition has evolved significantly over the past few years. While gift cards, experiences and travel incentives remain popular ways to thank employees, there is a growing trend towards something more purposeful: conscious gifting for employees. Recently, the Virgin Incentives team visited one of our fantastic experience providers, Sipsmith Gin Distillery, to explore how conscious gifting can play a role in employee reward and recognition.
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How to Help Employees Beat the January Blues and Beyond
As the festive season has come to a close, and all of the Christmas and New Year celebrations have come to an end, many workers…
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Self Care Practices Employees Should Do To Beat Blue Monday
How to beat Blue Monday? Employees all over the country have been experiencing work-related stress, depression, and anxiety. The Health and Safety Executive reports that over 822,000…
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Reward Your Employees with January’s 10 Best New Experiences
Liven up your employee’s work-life balance and encourage your people to learn new skills and get inspired with new endeavours. Here’s a round-up of our…
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Key HR Trends to Consider for 2022
HR departments around the world have had a rollercoaster ride for the past two years. The pandemic has brought many new challenges that companies and…
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10 Popular Experiences to Reward Employees in San Francisco
We’re firm believers that the power of great gifting comes through giving experiences. Experience gifts are about making space for new discoveries, quality time together,…
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Reward Your Employees with 10 of December’s Best Experiences
Liven up your employee’s work-life balance and encourage your people to learn new skills and get inspired with new endeavours. Here’s a round-up of our…
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10 of the Best Winter Experiences to Reward your Co-workers for the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of the year – WINTER! Check out these incredible seasonal activities to make the most of what colder temperatures have…
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Rush Reports: Christmas Countdown, Back to the Office, Leadership Training and a Visit to the U.S.
Life has been super busy since the last time I wrote, so this is a long one, but writing down what I’ve been doing made…
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10 Popular Experiences to Reward Employees in Chicago
We’re firm believers that the power of great gifting comes through giving experiences. Experience gifts are about making space for new discoveries, quality time together,…
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How Virgin Experience Days Dealt with the Impact of Covid-19 and Created Additional Ways to Support Customers
Pre Covid-19, going out and about, spending time and money in public places and trying new adventures and different experiences was very normal. However, this…
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Employee Gifting: 5 Christmas Party Alternatives
One clear trend that has taken centre stage in 2021 is HR and business leaders putting their people at the centre of their business. Leaders…
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Show Your Co-workers Some Appreciation For Thanksgiving
It’s that time of the year once again when delicious food is on the table and people are enjoying good company. It’s the perfect time…
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