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The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2022-2023 (The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers 2022-2023: The definitive guide to the leading employers recruiting graduates in 2022-2023)

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Seaham Hall sits on low cliffs, near a long and lovely beach — but this forward-thinking five-star, east of Durham, has never made much fuss over its sea views. Or rather, it didn’t until May this year, when it opened the two self-contained, single-storey Residences in its grounds, which gaze in wonder at the North Sea. They’re the finishing touch, completing a hotel that already has a sizeable, Buddhist-inspired spa, eye-catching bedrooms and — best of all — an exceptional chef and kitchen team. Come for the beach, stay for the food and don’t forget a walk around Durham Cathedral on the way home. If the weather’s on your side, the whole weekend will feel magnificent. For many years known as The Times Top 50 Employers for Women, these awards are run by Business in the Community (BITC), a not-for-profit organisation founded by King Charles, a fact which adds to the credibility of this popular scheme. There is no survey for this list but there is a comprehensive entry form that needs to be completed (this is where we can help). The form consists of three parts: If anything, 2021’s East Anglian regional winner is even better this year, having achieved its aim of becoming a local boozer first and restaurant with rooms second. When it opened in Fakenham last July the owners used every gadget in the boutique toolbox to turn a beautifully located yet run-down Greene King pub into a fashionable rule-breaker. Expect a flagstone-floored pub, where gamekeepers and farm workers mix with fashionably dressed Londoners over, respectively, pints of Barsham bitter and craft Negronis. Above that, seven colourful, designer bedrooms: some with views of the River Wensum, straddled by the mill, and others overlooking the surrounding fields. Copy editors: Helen Eisenbach, Mark Hokoda, Anny Kim, Silvija Ozols, Sarah Rutledge, and Jennifer Schiavone

Nutmeg* is one of the best platforms for beginners but there are plenty to choose from (capital at risk, tax treatment depends on your individual circumstances and may change in the future, approved by Nutmeg on 28 February 2023.). Find out more: What is a robo-adviser? While most companies won’t charge you for transferring your investments to them, others will charge you when you try to leave.Confusingly, different platforms have different names for these charges, such as service fees or custody charges. The only place to stay on Tresco that’s not a self-catering cottage or apartment, the New Inn, behind New Grimsby harbour, is also a social hub for the many returning families and couples who holiday on the island each year. The 16 rooms have recently been refreshed (the best are the pair of Garden Terrace doubles on the ground floor, each with its own patio), as has the now modern Pavilion dining space, which has turquoise wood-panelled walls, lobster-pot style bamboo lights and a view of the sea. Pub classics and seafood are the mainstays of the menu and the overall vibe is homely and casual.

This cluster of barns and outbuildings, reimagined as a 31-room country-house hotel in 150 acres of working ethical farm outside Lechlade, is the definition of eco-chic sustainability. From its botanically themed bedrooms and seasonal-dining cookery to its flower-powered spa and spring-fed swimming pool, it provides such a persuasive argument for organic principles that even determined climate deniers will have their heads turned. To ensure its tasteful interiors remain tranquil, it is an adults-only playground. If you’re in your partner’s bad books, a day in the Botanical Bothy spa within a spa, followed by a slap-up dinner, guarantees a resumption of domestic bliss.If you are fairly new to investing or are not confident at making your own investment decisions, go for a ready-made portfolio. If you’re in the mood for sand dunes, salty air and quaint villages, then you can’t go wrong with the Globe, a gastropub with rooms overlooking a leafy Georgian square in Wells-next-the-Sea, the bunting-festooned unofficial capital of the north Norfolk coast. In the warmer months, this is a shrine to the Great British summer, as guests sip chilled pints in the parasol-shaded courtyard terrace within sniffing distance of the sea. Its refurbished rooms are now awash with the colours of the coast, and its restaurant menu serves up the magic of East Anglia on a silver platter — seafood fans, this one’s for you. Entry is exclusively through the WorkL for Business platform, with organisations asked to set up and send out a survey to their employees. The survey includes questions specially designed by employee experience experts across a range of engagement drivers including: Empowerment, Reward & Recognition, Job Satisfaction, Information Sharing, Wellbeing and Instilling Pride. Every organisation which enters will also receive a complimentary 12 months digital subscription to the Times and the Sunday Times.

There’s a touch of Withnail & I about this brilliantly rebooted 16th-century inn in Shipton-under-Wychwood, near Burford and Bourton-on-the-Water. The racing-green tongue and groove walls, topped by a mishmash of quirky monochrome photography and mounted butterflies and flying insects, lend it an air of dashing respectability — but a frisson of dissolute intention hangs over the bar. It’s a proper boozer, so beer is served in dimpled glasses and the dining is fun, with refined and retro dishes such as venison bourguignon. The ten rooms are briskly boutique. The platform is straightforward to use with five risk levels to choose from, plus you can opt to go down the ethical investment route. Enter through the heavy wooden doors from picturesque Bruton High Street and At the Chapel, a 17th-century former place of worship, is instantly architecturally gorgeous. But if you can push past the alluring smells from its working bakery and resist the wine shop, it is the spectacular open-plan restaurant that is the star of the show. Tall arched windows look out onto miles of green fields and drench the place in natural light. Alongside this there are eight rooms, two bars and a garden terrace on which to enjoy At the Chapel’s famous wood-fired pizzas alfresco. It’s pretty much impossible to ignore the King’s Arms’ distinguished past: Thomas Hardy was a local and is said to have written The Mayor of Casterbridge in the drawing room. Since then, it has welcomed everyone from the Rolling Stones to Queen Victoria. But at this Dorchester favourite it’s also worth focusing on the present, including the warm staff who pull pints of local ale and serve moreish pub food elevated to restaurant quality. All this in a spot that puts you in easy distance of cobweb-blasting strolls along the beaches of the Jurassic Coast. If you need a helping hand setting up the ISA, choosing the investments and deciding how much to pay in, Kellands* is offering all of our readers a free hour-long session* with one of its independent financial advisers. They can get a good idea of your financial goals, and help you take the first step to achieving them. What are the fees on an ISA?

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There is no doubt that winning any industry award that impresses customers will also impress current and potential employees. However, is this enough? Most businesses believe it is and don’t enter separate awards to impress current and potential employees. However, if you really want to stand out to potential recruits and attract the best talent then you want awards which explicitly say “this is a great place to work”, or “we are a top employer, better than the other organisations you might consider working for.”Sir Edmund Loder was an aristocratic plant hunter who transformed the 240 acres at his home near Horsham into a grade I listed woodland garden, with an interesting workforce: a mob of wallabies he kept as living lawnmowers. Following a major renovation in 2019, the gardens are once again a magnet for green-fingered tourists. Now Loder’s 19th-century Italianate mansion has been rebooted as a ten-bedroom hideaway with a Michelin-starred restaurant that takes its culinary cues from the gardens, with dishes that feature birch syrup and oak-tree vinegar. Once the public have left, those romantic gardens are just for loved-up guests — and the wallabies. The survey is organised and set up by the organisers and the scores you get here will determine if and where you are placed in the 100 best companies list. The written entry makes no difference to your ranking. However, it is crucial in winning one of five special awards: As with previous years, the process involves a thorough survey and a huge written entry. This written entry can be completed and updated across the entire year. JAKE EASTHAM Overall winner and Southeast England hotel of the year The Retreat at Elcot Park, Berkshire

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