July 14, 2026
Somerset Bridge Group Wins Best Company Culture at UKEXA 2026
Somerset Bridge Group won gold for Best Company Culture at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2026, held at Park Plaza Riverbank, London, on 9 July.
Speaking to CXM, Ellie Noble, Counter Fraud Researcher, credited the win to an initiative called the Bridge Builders group, set up by Matt Robshaw, People Experience Lead, nearly two years ago. The group ran focus groups asking employees what the company was doing well and where it could improve, then used those findings to shape culture work across the business.
Katherine Spry, Team Manager, pointed to a simple but consistent principle behind the result: employees driving the decisions that affect them, backed by visible support from senior leadership. “It sounds funny, but it’s a family, a team,” she said.
Robshaw framed the award as an early milestone rather than a finished job. The next step, he said, is building on that foundation to help push Somerset Bridge into the top five UK motor insurers, with culture work continuing to be led by input from people across the business rather than handed down from the top.
