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Reward & Benefits
Whether you’re hiring in the UK for the first time or changing your employee benefits offering, we’ve got the expertise to ensure your offering is competitive. Let’s build a package that works for you and your employees.
Reward & Benefits for Your UK Workforce
Building a competitive and compliant reward package is one of the most important steps an overseas company can take when establishing a UK operation. UK employees have different expectations, statutory entitlements, and market benchmarks to what you may be used to at home, and getting this right from the start helps you attract the right people, meet your legal obligations, and build a team that stays. From employee benefits and pension auto-enrolment through to share schemes and performance appraisals, we help you put the right foundations in place.
Benefits
Give your UK employees a package that goes beyond basic pay. We help overseas companies implement the right employee benefits for their workforce, from private medical insurance, life insurance, and childcare vouchers through to cycle to work schemes, income protection, and eye care, ensuring your offering is competitive, compliant, and benchmarked against the UK market.
Pension Schemes
Pension auto-enrolment is a legal requirement for every UK employer, and getting it right from the start matters. We handle pension scheme setup and registration with The Pension Regulator, and manage ongoing administration on your behalf, so your obligations are met without adding to your workload.
Employee Share Schemes
Attract and retain top talent with a share scheme that works for your UK operation. We support overseas companies with the setup and ongoing administration of employee share schemes in the UK, working alongside our trusted tax partners to ensure your scheme is structured correctly and compliantly from day one.
Performance Appraisal System
A structured appraisal process keeps your UK team focused, motivated, and developing in the right direction. We help overseas companies implement a performance appraisal system that sets clear objectives, supports regular review cycles, and gives managers the tools to have meaningful, consistent conversations with their people.
Do You Need a Reward and Benefits Scheme for Your UK Employees?
If you’re hiring employees in the UK, you may have heard about reward and benefits schemes. Here’s why having one in place could be essential for your business:
Although offering a reward and benefits scheme is not legally required – except for statutory benefits, like pensions – many employers provide one, and it has become a standard practice in the UK.
A well-designed reward and benefits scheme can be a key factor in attracting top talent and retaining a diverse workforce.
The CIPD reports that employee recognition and rewards have a strong positive impact on intrinsic motivation, contributing to employee engagement, job satisfaction and attendance.
Should You Provide Financial or Non-Financial Rewards?
Whilst this depends on your business, a mix of both financial and non-financial rewards tends to work well. Financial rewards, like competitive salaries, bonuses, and pensions, give your employees the security they need. But don’t underestimate the value of non-financial rewards, like flexible working hours. Giving your team more control over their time can make a big difference in their job satisfaction and overall well-being.
How Can Goodwille Help?
At Goodwille, we’re here to make your UK expansion as smooth and successful as possible.
With over 25 years of experience, we’ve helped more than 2,000 companies successfully navigate the complexities of entering the UK market – from managing compliance and taxes to building UK-based teams.
Developing Your Employee Benefits Strategy
We offer expert advice to help you build an employee benefits package and recognition strategy that not only attracts top talent but also makes sense for your business.
We understand that every company is different, so we work closely with you to build a tailored benefits plan that aligns with your industry, company culture, and employee needs at different life stages.
This ensures that your offering is both competitive and sustainable, giving you a solid foundation for long-term success in the UK.
Wider HR Support
Alongside benefits management, we offer full-spectrum HR support designed to drive your business forward.
Whether it’s recruitment, drafting employment contracts, creating tailored policies, or managing payroll, we’re here to ensure your HR operations are not only compliant but optimised for success.
Reward and Benefits FAQ’s
What is an Employee Assistance Programme?
An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is a confidential support service provided by employers to help employees manage personal or work-related issues. This often includes services for mental health and mental wellbeing, such as counselling, stress management, and resources for dealing with personal challenges.
What benefits are employees entitled to in the UK?
In the UK, benefits schemes typically refer to optional perks offered by employers, such as private healthcare or flexible working. The only mandatory statutory benefit you must offer employees is a workplace pension, with minimum contributions made by the employer.
Meet Our HR Manager
Jacqui Brown
As our HR Manager, Jacqui provides high quality and compliant HR advice across the full spectrum of HR services for a portfolio of Goodwille clients. She offers pragmatic advice on technical matters relating to HR issues including employee relations, organisation design, policies and procedures, implementation of new contracts and staff handbooks, benefits and salary levels, recruitment and training solutions.
What Our Clients Say
Trusted by businesses from all around the world.
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Nothing is too much trouble, Goodwille are our local UK Finance, HR and Administrative function enabling us to focus on doing our day jobs. We have a great relationship, but it is unobtrusive: we engage when needed, otherwise things just tick over. I have had direct engagement for the last two years as local GM. My organisation used them for at least a year prior to that.
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We have been working with Goodwille for the past 3 years, only amazing experiences. They help startups and scaleups that we bring from Nordic countries with their expansion to the UK market. All experts working at Goodwille have a great understanding of advising companies in their market-entry, helping them with every step along the way. We would recommend their services to anyone who needs a trusted partner in the UK market.
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We have worked with Goodwille for over a year and they have assisted us in our UK launch. They are a valued and trusted partner with a can-do attitude and I would recommend them to any company looking to establish a company the UK market. As well as assisting with local issues Goodwille have excellent structures in place and work seamlessly with our Swedish head office.
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As an overseas CFO it is essential to work with a partner which understands the UK perspective as it relates to the Nordics. I am very pleased to work with Goodwille.
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