Lansons | Team Farner

2024 has been a year of growth, grit, and game-changing decisions.

We gave the power to our people to decide our working pattern (2 office anchor days p/week) while expanding our commitment to flexible working, such that 1/5 people have a flexible arrangement. We introduced GROW, our central training and development programme fostering a culture of curiosity and growth with rewards and awards for people who demonstrate new learning and innovation. We’ve pushed forward with our commitments to people and place – in 2024, 71% of our management team was female, we had no gender pay gap (-2%), we put into action recommendations from our racial equity audit, and we celebrated 14 years as a carbon-neutral company, now chasing a net-positive position. In our fast-paced industry where burnout and turnover are common, we defy industry norms – our churn rate is only 13%, two-thirds of our people have been with us 5-years or more, and 28% of our people earned promotions in the last 12 months. We are a wealth sharing agency, and that hasn’t changed under new ownership – 2024 was our best trading year in history which will fuel a bumper bonus to be distributed among all colleagues, excluding our most senior team. We also fund the small and big things that help create a better work-life balance, from ‘returnship’ loans, funded professional courses and BUPA health assessments to museum excursions, extra 10-days-holiday every 5-years and a visiting fish and chip van for the occasional free lunch.