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Over the past year we have introduced numerous new policies including recently becoming 70% Employee Owned, so that our people are now the majority stakeholders of Happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To compile the UK\u2019s Best Workplaces\u2122 List,&nbsp;Great Place To Work\u00ae&nbsp;analysed confidential employee survey feedback on trust and reaching their full human potential, as well as employees\u2019 experiences of innovation, company values, and leadership effectiveness across departments and seniority levels. They then used these data insights to benchmark the effectiveness of companies&#8217; employee value propositions against the culture their employees actually experience. Only those businesses who achieve the highest scores after evaluation receive Best Workplaces\u2122 status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAt Great Place To Work\u00ae our mission is to help every workplace become a great place to work for all. 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