Sunday Times Best Place To Work 2024

NewRiver REIT Celebrated as Top Employer in Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2024 For Second Consecutive Year

NewRiver REIT, a leading owner, manager and developer of essential retail assets in the UK, announces that it has been named one of the best places to work in the UK, according to the recently published Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024* list, for the second consecutive year.

NewRiver has been recognised in the ‘small organisation’ category (10-49 employees), achieving ‘Excellent’ in all criteria. 87% of NewRiver employees who participated said they felt empowered, while job satisfaction, happiness and wellbeing also scored highly at 86%, 84% and 83% respectively. The Company’s average engagement score of 84% was significantly higher than the SMe category average of 73%.

The gender split across the business is balanced at 50:50 male to female, and the survey results also recognised that NewRiver’s executive team meets the FTSE Women Leaders Review 2025 target of 40% female representation.

Edith Monfries, Chief Operating and People Officer at NewRiver REIT, said: “We are delighted that, for the second consecutive year, NewRiver has been recognised by the Sunday Times as one of the best companies to work for in the UK. We have an excellent culture at NewRiver which we continuously invest in to ensure we have the happiest, most talented and energised team.

As such it is pleasing, that our scores have improved on last year, demonstrating that our continued focus on providing a supportive, collaborative and inclusive working environment, as well as our comprehensive benefits package, are resonating well with our colleagues. I am extremely proud of our small yet expert and high performing team and would like to thank each of them for their incredible contribution and passion.”

NewRiver offers its employees a wide range of benefits, including full-private medical cover, ‘gender-agnostic’ shared parental leave, opt-in salary sacrifice to obtain an electric car and a company volunteering policy, as well as various initiatives from our well-being team. Long-standing team members are also rewarded with a fully paid six-week sabbatical after 10 years of service. Flexible working is offered to all employees as well as opportunities for training and career development.

*The Sunday Times partner with employee-experience platform WorkL to deliver  insights into what makes a Best Place to Work. To be successfully accredited as a Sunday Times Best Place to Work, organisations must achieve a minimum 70 per cent overall engagement score. Using 26 questions from WorkL's employee engagement survey, the awards monitored employee engagement and wellbeing in the workplace benchmarked on findings from a total of 70,000 organisations.