UK Employee Experience Awards

Lloyds Banking Group Wins Four Awards at UKEXA 2026, Including Best Health and Wellbeing

Lloyds Banking Group had one of the busiest nights at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2026, held at Park Plaza Riverbank, London, on 9 July, picking up four medals: silver for Best Use of Technology and Ethical Implementation of AI,...

B. Braun Wins Two Golds at UKEXA 2026, for Leadership Development and DEI

B. Braun, in partnership with Elev-8 Performance Improvement, took home two gold awards at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2026, held at Park Plaza Riverbank, London, on 9 July: Best Leadership Development and Best DEI. Speaking to CXM, Martin Williams, Head...

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...

Wave Utilities’ Jane Austin Named Leader of the Year at UKEXA 2026

Jane Austin, Director of People and Social Value at Wave Utilities, was named Leader of the Year at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2026, held at Park Plaza Riverbank, London, on 9 July. Wave also picked up silver for Best...

Bupa Named Overall Winner at UKEXA 2026, Powered by Gold in Learning and Development

Bupa was named overall winner at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2026 – the night’s top honour, awarded to the organisation with the highest score across all categories – anchored by a gold win for Best Learning and Development. The...

Octopus Energy Wins Gold for Best Employee Centric Company at UKEXA 2026

Octopus Energy picked up two medals at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2026, taking gold for Best Employee Centric Company and silver for Best Place to Work at the ceremony held at Park Plaza Riverbank, London, on 9 July. Speaking to...

UKEXA 2026 Live Poll: 119 EX Leaders Share Biggest Blockers to Employee Experience

At the UK Employee Experience Awards (UKEXA) 2026 ceremony on 9 July, attendees took part in a live poll exploring where employee experience stands today. The session drew 119 poll participants and generated 397 responses across three questions. The results...

Your Employee Experience News Roundup: Job Hugging, Revolut’s Graduate Office Mandate and Microsoft Layoffs

In this week’s employee experience news roundup, retention looks healthy on paper, but look closer and the story gets messier. Gartner’s “job hugging” data suggests people are staying out of fear rather than commitment — many are turning down new...

The UK Employee Experience Awards 2026 Winners Revealed 

On 9 July, finalists gathered at Park Plaza Riverbank, London, for the UK Employee Experience Awards (UKEXA) 2026, the first time in over six years that the finals have taken place live and in person.  Nineteen organisations made the 2026 shortlist, presenting a...

Your Employee Experience Roundup: The Profitability Paradox, Frontline Recognition, and Microsoft’s Buyout Dilemma 

It’s been a big week for WorkHuman, which dropped a new global study alongside two new product launches. Congratulations are in order to the finalists of the UK Employee Experience Awards 2026, announced yesterday. And there’s been some notably mixed...

NatWest Proves Listening to Employees Pays Off at the UK Employee Experience Awards ’25

NatWest has been recognised with the gold award in the Best Employee Insight & Feedback category at the UK Employee Experience Awards 2025. The win reflects how the bank listens to its 63,000 employees across the globe and translates their...

Kirsty Murphy of Alternative Futures Group Named UK EXA ’25 Leader of the Year

The UK Employee Experience Awards 2025 celebrated outstanding leadership in people strategy and workplace culture, with Kirsty Murphy, Chief People Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Alternative Futures Group, taking home the coveted Leader of the Year award. Murphy has guided...