Asperity launches new employee benefits scheme for ICON
Asperity Employee Benefits has launched a tailored version of it’s Reward Gateway voluntary benefits scheme at ICON, a global provider of outsourced development services for the pharmaceutical industry.
400 UK based employees at ICON will gain access to over 1300 discounts and benefits on everything from shopping, gifts, mobile phones, broadband, insurance and holidays. participating retailers include John Lewis, BT, Lloyds TSB, Dixons and HMV.
Sally Humphrey, Director of HR at the group said “We were looking for a cost effective lifestyle benefit that could be introduced quickly and easily and that our employees would value. After interviewing a number of providers, we were impressed by the range and scope of discounts that Asperity’s Reward Gateway offers and their relevance to a diverse workforce.”
Asperity’s MD, Glenn Elliott said “We’re delighted that ICON have chose us to develop and launch their employee discounts scheme. Our philosophy at Asperity is that employers want to rely on a voluntary benefits provider that is fully committed to the product and committed to constantly improving the benefits to employees and therefore increasing the value to employers. Our clients know that we’re entirely focused on the Reward Gateway product and not distracted by flex, total reward or other benefits products – that’s why we’ve quickly become the market leader in voluntary benefits with the biggest scheme in the UK and why we’ve been chosen by some of the UK’s leading employers.
ICON joins a growing number of organisations who’s employees have access to individually tailored versions of Reward Gateway – including the BBC, BA and Next Retail Ltd. Reward Gateway now services over 200,000 UK employees with discounts and savings at over 1300 retailers. Employee spend through the scheme exceeded a key milestone of £100,000 per month in April 2007.
