We aim to ensure our people's wellbeing  

In addition to ensuring our employees' safety at work, we also attach great importance to improving their wellbeing. We have a positive management style and provide information for all our employees on our intranet to help them improve their health.

We encourage employees to have a good work/life balance and offer them the flexibility to do this. Where possible we support part-time working, job sharing and flexible working hours. In 2010, 14% (2009: 15%) of our total workforce worked part-time.

We offer a variety of healthcare schemes and we launched a new dental plan for employees in early 2011. We also run health awareness campaigns throughout the year. In 2010, we linked these to our corporate charity partner, Macmillan Cancer Support, to raise awareness of their work and the support that they can provide to our people and their families.

Caring for our employees' wellbeing can lead to a reduction in absenteeism, alongside an increase in productivity. Line managers review sickness absence rates to help identify potential areas of concern. In 2010, our absenteeism rate was 3.37%.