Las Iguanas has reinforced its position amongst the UK’s best employers, collecting the Reward & Recognition Award at the 2015 Employee Engagement Awards. Las Iguanas was the only restaurant brand shortlisted for the final, judged by a panel of senior executives from companies including the BBC, Publicis, Hugo Boss, Boeing & Deutsche Bank.
The award recognises where an organisation has closely aligned a rewards & benefit strategy to the business objectives in order to incentivise and enhance engagement and productivity. Judges were looking for tangible evidence that showed how the reward strategy has a direct impact on employee engagement and subsequently the organisation’s bottom line.
Great hospitality starts with great people
CEO Mos Shamel commented:
“We’re thrilled to have picked up another accolade for our people strategy, especially hot on the heels of securing our place on the Sunday Times 100 Best Companies for 2015. Great hospitality starts with great people and we make sure that our people are the first consideration in everything that we do. Working with such an inimitable team is really our reward day in day out, but getting this sort of recognition for what we do is some very nice icing on the cake.”
Las Iguanas also hold the Investors in People Gold Award and were the recipients of the Excellence in Reward & Recognition award at the inaugural IiP Awards 2014. Their incentive programme includes annual staff trips to Brazil, Cuba, Mexico and Guyana, competitions to get dishes and drinks on to the menu, and the Iguana Awards ceremony.
Three new restaurants are due to open this spring in Woking, Torquay and Swansea creating 120 new jobs and bringing the total estate to 41, with a fast growing pipeline in place from April 2015.
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