Mount Anvil hammers out great employee relations

Purpose – Describes some of the initiatives that helped specialist property developer and contractor Mount Anvil to achieve twenty‐first place in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For, 2010. Design/methodology/approach – Looks in particular at internal communications and employee development at Mount Anvil. Findings – Reveals that staff morale is high, with 86 percent of employees feeling able to cope with pressure, 81 percent believing that their workload is manageable, 88 percent saying they can make a valuable contribution to the success of the organization and 85 percent asserting that they would stay with Mount Anvil even if they had another job to go to. Practical implications – Explains that these results were achieved despite the 81‐employee company having had to make 14 compulsory redundancies in 2009. Social implications – Highlights a £1,000 scholarship introduced to encourage employees to pursue interests outside work. Originality/value – Describes how the company has increased staff engagement through regular briefings and constant contact.