Applied Microbiology International is celebrating after making The Sunday Times Best Places to Work in the UK list for the second year in a row.
The official The Sunday Times Best Places to Work, powered by WorkL was published online today by The Sunday Times in partnership with the leading employee experience platform, WorkL, showcasing the Best Places to Work in the UK.
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This nationwide workplace survey honours and celebrates the UK’s top employers - which number over 500 organisations across industries and scale - and highlights the best workplaces for women, the LGBTQIA+ community, disabled employees, ethnic minorities, younger and older workers, as well as those that provide the best wellbeing support.
Hard work and dedication
AMI chief executive Dr Lucy Harper said: ”We are delighted to be included in the Times Best Places to Work list for the second year in a row.
”AMI’s success is ultimately down to the hard work and dedication of our talented team, and we strive to ensure that every team member feels happy, valued and fully supported in their work. This is especially significant as we are a fully remote workplace with staff located around the world, making the receipt of this accolade all the more important.
”In recent years we have introduced a four day working week, birthday leave, medical insurance, and a Diversity and Inclusion Committee. We’ve had an employee benefits package for some years now, as we’ve always appreciated the importance of employee wellbeing but in the name of continuous improvement, we will continue to review and evolve our support to staff, to help them reach their full potential.
”We are incredibly proud of our team and their openness, commitment and positivity are what make AMI such a wonderful place to work.”
Superpower to thrive
Zoe Thomas, editor of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work, said: “The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list is the UK’s biggest survey of employee engagement, compiled in partnership with workplace expert WorkL. Spanning a raft of sectors and located throughout the UK, the organisations in this year’s list range from innovative start-ups with a handful of employees to big multinational corporations staffed by thousands. These organisations know that happy employees are the superpower helping them thrive.”
Lord Mark Price, Founder of WorkL, said: “Many Congratulations to those featured in the 2025 Sunday Times Best Places to Work list, powered by WorkL. The recognised organisations lead the way in employee experience and will now benefit from improved retention and recruitment for the year ahead. WorkL are proud to power these awards and support organisations to measure employee experience and to retain and recruit the very best employees.”
Employee engagement
The Sunday Times partnered with employee-experience platform WorkL to deliver fresh insights into what makes a Best Place to Work. The awards uses 26 questions from WorkL’s employee engagement survey, developed by behavioural scientists, data analysts, psychologists, business leaders, academics and other independent parties to most accurately monitor employee engagement, wellbeing and discretionary effort in the workplace.
To achieve a high overall engagement score, an organisation must score well across WorkL’s six-step framework:
1. Reward and Recognition
2. Instilling Pride
3. Information Sharing
4. Empowerment
5. Wellbeing
6. Job Satisfaction
The full list of more than 500 accredited Sunday TImes Best Places to Work is available HERE.
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