Wealth at Work group acquires Employee Financial Wellness

Liverpool based Wealth at Work group has acquired financial wellbeing company Employee Financial Wellness Limited as it expands its operation overseas into Ireland.

Plants aren’t cutting it in the office in terms of improving air quality, new search data suggests.

Indoor air quality has remained one of the top priorities for employees, with 62% of the global workforce citing they would leave their job if their employer failed to create a healthier indoor environment, according to Honeywell’s Health Building Survey 2022.

Similarly, interest in office plants boomed during lockdown. However, despite continued interest in the quality of office air, new data gathered by Banner shows a sharp drop-off in search volume for office plants.

Jason Thomas, Strategic Sales Manager at Banner, comments “As employees transitioned back into the office after lockdown, it was no surprise that biophilia – a love of plants – emerged as a trend. Mental health was at an all-time low for most of us, and the natural integration of plants into the workspace not only improved air quality, but proved to be a source of comfort for those anxious about coming back to the workplace.

“Plants obviously provide a host of benefits in any space, but their ability to improve air quality is often overestimated, and now that offices are back to full capacity, they’re simply not doing the job. This might be why interest has dropped off”.

The Group is a financial wellbeing and retirement specialist which has been helping employees improve their financial future since 2005 and serves more than 500 large employers and occupational pension schemes in both the public and private sector including BT, Experian and Ineos.

Employee Financial Wellness is one of Ireland’s leading providers of financial wellness programmes for employees. Its programmes are used by many of Ireland’s leading organisations both in the private and public sector. Clients include LinkedIn and Alexion.

Both companies have already worked together on delivering financial wellbeing and retirement programmes in the UK and Ireland for clients such as Northern Trust and Sisk.

David Cassidy, Chief Executive Officer of the Group comments; “We welcome Employee Financial Wellness to the family as we look to expand our services into Ireland to companies requiring a one stop shop for financial wellness solutions including digital communications, financial education, guidance and regulated financial advice.

“This is particularly important given so many large tech companies are based in this area with other offices in Europe and across the continent. This allows us to expand upon our existing global reach to meet the increasing demand from clients who are global employers, seeking to offer similar benefits to employees in the different jurisdictions in which they operate.”