The UK Best Places To Work Awards 2024 winners announced

Today, the Royal Institution in London hosted the eighth annual GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards in the UK, coinciding with the HR Summit.

A total of 26 gaming companies were recognized for their outstanding workplace environments, evaluated through a dual-survey process: one for employers (20% of the evaluation) and one for employees (80% of the evaluation).

The accolade recipients were categorized into large, mid-sized, and small companies, detailed in the following list. Congratulations to all the winners!

Special awards were also given to companies excelling in particular areas like climate initiatives, charity support, workforce wellness, diversity, and educational collaboration.

The HR Hero accolade, which replaced the previous 'Best Boss' award, was awarded to Ilona Popczyk of Green Man Gaming, serving as HR director and data protection officer.

The G Into Gaming Award, recognizing an advocate for women in the industry, was presented to Harinder Sangha from Maverick Games.

This initiative is supported by Amiqus, Games London, Lighthouse Games, and Playground Games. More details on the award criteria can be found here.

Below is the complete list of honorees:

LARGE COMPANY WINNERS (Sponsored by Lighthouse Games)

D3T / Coconut Lizard
NaturalMotion Games
Playground Games
Rare

MID-SIZED COMPANY WINNERS (Sponsored by Playground Games)

Bulkhead
CCP
Electric Square
Expression Games
Fuse Games
Lighthouse Games
Maverick Games
Playstack
Playtonic Games
Studio Gobo
Wushu Studios

SMALL COMPANY WINNERS

Forthstar
Indigo Pearl
Mastered
MLC (Magna Ludum Creatives)
Mojiworks
Nosebleed Interactive
Ripstone
Snap Finger Click
Sweet Justice
Swipe Right PR
Wardog Studios

SPECIAL AWARDS

G Into Gaming Award

Harinder Sangha, Maverick Games

Education Award

Electric Square (Winner)
King
NaturalMotion Games
NDreams
Sumo Group

Environmental Award (Sponsored by Games London)

NaturalMotion Games
Playground Games
Playstack
Rare (Winner)
Rocksteady

Health and Wellbeing Award

CCP
Futurlab
NaturalMotion Games (Winner)
Playtonic Games
Wushu Studios

Training and Development Award

NaturalMotion Games
Rare
Rocksteady
Sumo Group (Winner)
TT Games

Corporate Social Responsibility Award (presented by SpecialEffect)

D3T / Coconut Lizard
King
NaturalMotion Games
Playtonic Games
Rocksteady (Winner)

Diversity Award

Code Coven
Maverick Games
Mojiworks
Playground Games
Rare (Winner)
Rocksteady

HR Hero Award

Alice Wyman, Rocksteady
Anita McIntyre, Airship
Ilona Popczyk, Green Man Gaming (Winner)
Kate Lindsay, CCP
Lauren Griffin, Sports Interactive