Latest news and blog

Our blog brings you the latest updates, insights and news across the performance improvement, employee engagement, incentives and events industries.

Give Your Employees a Voice: Why it is SO Important to Engage and Recognise Your Employees

According to a study by Gallup, only 15% of employees feel engaged at work, so it’s no surprise that a lot of the conversations we have when catching up with friends and family are focused around work and its shortcomings.

Find out more
15/10/2024
Employee Engagement

3 Reasons to Surprise and Delight Your Employees with Rewards This Festive Season

Create a positive company culture and motivated and engaged employees through issuing rewards this festive period.

Find out more
24/7/2024
Employee Engagement

Top 5 Tips for receiving audience feedback and listening to your audience

We believe receiving audience feedback and truly listening to what they say, is key when designing an employee or channel partner engagement programme.

Find out more
Top 5 Tips
28/6/2024
Incentives

Top 5 Tips to Gamify Your Incentive Programme

In today's competitive business landscape, engaging employees and customers has never been more critical. Gamifying your incentive programme can significantly boost motivation, productivity, and loyalty.

Find out more
Employee rewards and recognition
21/5/2024
Employee Engagement

The Power of Employee Rewards and Recognition Programmes

We discuss why employee recognition matters, the types of programmes available and best practice for implementation.

Find out more
31/1/2024
Performance Improvement

Are you really getting the best return from the investment in your workforce?

Optimum Performance provides the ultimate tools to inspire and deliver higher performance and improved productivity and gain measurable return on investment from your workforce assets.

Find out more
14/1/2024
Employee Engagement

Top 5 Tips for Engaging and Retaining Your Employees and Channel Partners

Neon Agency are a leading provider of engagement solutions and software for various industries. Based on our experience and best practices here are five tips that can help you engage and retain your employees and channel partners.

Find out more
Incentive Travel
12/12/2023
Incentives

What you should be thinking about when planning a travel incentive programme

Incentive experts Neon Agency, share insight on launching a travel incentive. Launching a travel incentive programme requires meticulous planning and thoughtful execution. Here are key considerations to ensure your programmes success.

Find out more
6/11/2023
Incentives

Our five top tips to help you choose the perfect incentive travel destination

Choosing the perfect incentive travel destination is crucial to motivate and reward your employees or clients effectively.

Find out more
5/10/2023
Employee Engagement

Confident customer service and satisfaction actions are really hitting the mark with consumers?

The latest UK Customer Satisfaction Index results present a sobering, if perhaps unsurprising picture. Average customer satisfaction in the UK fell compared to last year and is at its lowest level since 2015.

Find out more
The influence of mindset on employee performance
10/8/2023
Performance Improvement

The influence of mindset on employee performance

As employee engagement experts, we understand how the power of mindset can hinder or help your efforts to get the best from employees and business partner staff.

Find out more
The powerful ROI incentive travel provides
9/8/2023
Incentive Travel

The powerful ROI incentive travel provides

In the 1920s when brands such as General Electric and Coca-Cola began manufacturing on a grand scale, they needed their salespeople to encourage customers to buy.

Find out more
Mindset and it’s place in performance improvement programmes
7/8/2023
Performance Improvement

Mindset and it’s place in performance improvement

Peter Brooks, Neon Agency’s Chairman, discusses setting the right motivational climate to give your performance improvement programme the best chance of success.

Find out more
7/8/2023
Employee Engagement

Incorporating customer service and compliance into a retail engagement programme

With national coverage and a disparate workforce ensuring consistency of standards in the retail environment can be a difficult challenge. But an effective retail engagement programme, that addresses cleanliness and corporate compliance, can deliver return on investment and strong business performance.

Find out more
6/8/2023
Performance Improvement

How to build a brand advocacy programme?

Who doesn’t feel better when their decisions in life are endorsed by a trusted advisor? We are all familiar with those fleeting moments of panic when called upon to decide, or act over something we are not 100% certain about.

Find out more
Ensure health and safety compliance with an employee engagement programme
6/8/2023
Employee Engagement

Ensure health and safety compliance with an employee engagement programme

We all know that health and safety at work is critical, but with an average fine for non-compliance with UK health and safety regulations being £150,000 it’s got to be worth the investment in an effective employee programme to ensure staff comply with regulations.

Find out more
Performance Improvement: It’s never all about rewards
5/8/2023
Performance Improvement

Performance Improvement: It’s never all about rewards

Peter Brooks, Chairman of Neon Agency Ltd. I entered the performance improvement market 46 years ago as an employee of the market leader, American owned E.F, Macdonald Incentive Company, to give its full name.

Find out more
1/8/2023
Employee Engagement

Overcoming Challenges in Internal Communication

Effective communication is the cornerstone of any successful business, fostering collaboration, productivity, and employee satisfaction. Yet, despite significant investments in hi-spec communication technology, recent internal communication statistics reveal a concerning trend.

Find out more
20/7/2023
Employee Engagement

The ROI of engaging employees effectively

Encouraging your staff to reveal their hidden treasures: ideas, referrals, and recruitment. If you trust your staff to help and thank them generously, research shows employees who feel respected are more grateful for, and loyal to, their employer.

Find out more
19/7/2023
Performance Improvement

How much value do your employees place on recognition? 

Recognition is an essential aspect of employee satisfaction and engagement in the workplace. As evidenced by a recent survey and supported by Harvard Business Review, lack of appreciation and recognition ranked high among the top things employees dislike about their employers.

Find out more
What is the best type of employee engagement app?
12/7/2023
Employee Engagement

What is the best type of employee engagement app?

Mobile Apps, they’re amazing right?! Surely, every facet of business needs a mobile app. Besides, I only have 2 choices – an App or a Website! We’re here to guide you through app misconceptions and show you there are multiple approaches to meet your needs.

Find out more
11/7/2023
Performance Improvement

How to use microlearning to develop knowledge

How to use microlearning to develop knowledge and skills of employees and distribution channels

Find out more
6/7/2023
Events

The power of implementing employee engagement events

Employee engagement events, such as annual conferences, gala dinners, team building activities, and training workshops, can have a significant impact on an organisation and its employees.

Find out more
4/7/2023
Performance Improvement

Incentivised Microlearning for Car Dealerships

The electric vehicle (EV) market is experiencing a shift in consumer attitudes, with a recent slowdown in sales and inquiries.

Find out more
8/6/2023
Performance Improvement

How to Boost Your Agricultural Sales

The agricultural sector is a highly competitive and dynamic market, where customers have diverse and evolving seasonal needs.

Find out more
Employee Engagement Software
1/6/2023
Employee Engagement

How Technology Can Boost Your Employee Engagement

We discuss how our proprietary technology creates a positive and engaging culture for employees.

Find out more
Michelle Lawrie
21/4/2023
News

Neon Agency makes senior appointment to its established

Performance and Engagement specialists, Neon Agency, appoint experienced client development director Michelle Lawrie.

Find out more
Jessica Cathcart
27/3/2023
News

Neon Agency welcomes new hire to bolster its event team

Performance and Engagement specialists, Neon Agency, bolster their in-house events team with the appointment of Jessica Cathcart.

Find out more
23/3/2023
Performance Improvement

How We Can Use Apps To Improve Employee Performance

Technology is powerful and we can help you use this power to boost performance and engagement in the workplace.

Find out more
15/3/2023
Performance Improvement

Top 10 Tips for Delivering a Successful Sales Incentive

We are experts in sales and channel incentives that drive long term sustainable results. Here's 10 ways we achieve these great results!

Find out more
Rebecca Cowell
7/2/2023
News

Neon Agency kick-starts 2023 with new appointment

Performance and Engagement specialists, Neon Agency, kick-start their growth plans for 2023 with the appointment of Rebecca Cowell.

Find out more
8/9/2022
News

Introducing Our New Account Executive, Karolina!

Karolina has recently joined our Accounts Team as an Account Executive and will be supporting the day to day running of multiple client accounts including our automotive and telecom programmes. 

Find out more
5/9/2022
Incentives

Motivating Process and Rewarding Outcome

Neon understand that lasting success in businesses is only achievable by adopting and remaining compliant with the best practices and behaviours.

Find out more
12/7/2022
Employee Engagement

Creating Your Own Brand "Influencers"

For a business to thrive, it needs the people representing its brand to customers to be advocates for it – their own internal influencers if you will.

Find out more
22/6/2022
Employee Engagement

Creating and Rewarding ‘Work Heroes’

A hero programme has a powerful effect on staff opinion, loyalty and engagement and is a very cost-effective way of enhancing corporate esprit de corp. 

Find out more
Event
10/4/2022
News

How Can Neon Help your Business?

We believe when employees feel inspired, valued and rewarded they'll excel in their role, ensuring an increase in your return on investment.

Find out more
9/4/2022
Performance Improvement

How to Enhance Your Team's Productivity This Quarter

There are four key human success drivers that enhance productivity in the workplace - here's what they are and why they're so important!

Find out more
8/4/2022
Employee Engagement

Why it is SO Important to Engage & Recognise Employees

Employers must listen to their teams to know where improvements can be made and how their engagement can be boosted.

Find out more
7/4/2022
Performance Improvement

Why Run a Sales Incentive Within Your Organisation

If any of the below resonate with you and your business, consider getting in touch to find out how we can help!

Find out more
6/4/2022
Events

Live Events Are Back

We’re so happy that we can FINALLY bring teams back together again to engage, motivate and reward them for their dedication and hard work.

Find out more
5/4/2022
Performance Improvement

How to Reward and Recognise Your Employees with a Small

In this blog post we've compiled some cost effective ways businesses can reward and recognise their employees without breaking the bank.

Find out more
4/4/2022
Performance Improvement

Why do Neon Agency Offer the Best Value Solutions?

We listen to our clients' challenges and goals and create solutions that combat these whilst also delivering excellent results.

Find out more
3/4/2022
Performance Improvement

How We Can Use Apps To Improve Employee Performance

Technology is powerful and we can help you use this power to boost performance and engagement in the workplace.

Find out more
2/4/2022
Performance Improvement

Top Reasons Why You Should Have a Sales Incentive Now!

With the country beginning to fully reopen, now is the time to incentivise your team to boost sales. Let us help you!

Find out more
2/4/2022
Events

Micebook Event at The Mayfair Townhouse in London

Last week Micebook hosted an event at the Mayfair Townhouse, which gave us a great chance to mingle and nosy at this stunning new venue.

Find out more
1/4/2022
Performance Improvement

How we Can Help you Reach your Full Potential in 2021

Let Neon help you and your employees reach their full potential through employee engagement, e-learning, communication, incentives and data.

Find out more
30/3/2022
Performance Improvement

Top 10 Tips for Delivering a Successful Sales Incentive

We are experts in sales and channel incentives that drive long term sustainable results. Here's 10 ways we achieve these great results!

Find out more
30/3/2022
Events

A Virtual Safari at Shamwari Private Game Reserve

We went on a virtual safari at Shamwari Private Game Reserve - here's why we think it'd make an engaging and impactful incentive!

Find out more
29/3/2022
Events

A UK Incentive Case Study: An Exuberant Night in London

As event restrictions are scheduled to start lifting from May, we've been reminiscing about past incentives we've created for our clients.

Find out more
31/7/2021
Performance Improvement

The Revolution of “The New Normal” in The Workplace

Workplace culture is changing and it's vital for businesses and agencies to acclimatise their outlook on solutions to fit the 'new normal'.

Find out more
11/2/2021
Performance Improvement

Methods of Communication to Motivate and Engage...

Our Account Executive, Maisie discusses different methods to approach communication to motivate and engage your employees.

Find out more
3/2/2021
Incentives

Where to Find Data Points and How to Use Them

It is SO important to utilise the rich data within your business and create a story from it to excel. Netflix do it and so do Neon...

Find out more
27/1/2021
Performance Improvement

Why Employee Engagement is Key to Driving Performance

Employees must feel motivated, recognised and engaged at work to ensure a positive workplace culture and business success!

Find out more
22/1/2021
Performance Improvement

How to Maximise Results from your E-Learning Solution

Learning is a key component in reaching optimum performance - it increases competence, boosts confidence and as a result, ups sales!

Find out more
16/12/2020
News

2020: A Festive Review from Neon!

It has been a year of highs and lows - here’s a look at what Neon have been up to with some sparkle and Christmas cheer from the team.

Find out more
1/12/2020
Employee Engagement

Top Tips to Improve the Winter Wellbeing of Your Team

Winter is a tough time for people's mental health, so it's important that businesses do what they can to boost their employee's wellbeing.

Find out more
24/11/2020
Events

"Have Yourself a Very Virtual Christmas!"

At Neon we are working with incredible suppliers to ensure that you can connect with your team and help make this a Christmas to remember!

Find out more
11/11/2020
News

How Are You Feeling About Lockdown 2.0?

A second lockdown and the winter months are upon us and now more than ever is the time to keep on top of the wellness of your employees.

Find out more
5/11/2020
Incentives

Moneyball: Data and Performance Analysis with Brad Pitt

In the film Moneyball, Brad Pitt uses data and performance analysis to beat his competition. We can do the same for you for your business!

Find out more
28/10/2020
Events

Reinforcing Brand Engagement and Awareness

Brand awareness is integral when launching new products as it can drive consumers' decisions when differentiating between the competition.

Find out more
20/10/2020
Performance Improvement

Creating a Culture of Continuous Learning & Development

Neon believe encouraging learning and development in the workplace is a key component to improving the performance of your team.

Find out more
13/10/2020
Performance Improvement

Best Forms of Communication

Communication is integral to any incentive! Here are Neon's best forms of communication and how we use them to reach our target audiences.

Find out more
6/10/2020
Performance Improvement

The Tools You Need to Sell More

Challenging times require a swift response! Here are Neon's five tools to boost your sales and to get a great return on your investment.

Find out more
25/9/2020
Performance Improvement

How to Boost Morale as Employees Work From Home

Following on from the PM's announcement this week, we've been discussing how company's can boost morale as staff continue to work from home.

Find out more
9/9/2020
News

‍“We Will all Miss her Sparkle, Vigour and ‘Zhush’”

It is with great sadness that we recently lost our dear friend and colleague, Tina Morris. Her fun energy and passion will be dearly missed.

Find out more
27/8/2020
Events

Inspiration for Your Next Incentive

Here are some of our favourite incentive ideas, which can easily be adapted to coincide with the ever changing Covid-19 guidelines.

Find out more
20/8/2020
Performance Improvement

Establishing Channels of Communication that Engage...

As employees return to the workplace, the importance of effective communication is greater now than ever before.

Find out more
13/8/2020
Incentives

We’re Launching a New Dashboard for One of Our Clients!

Business Intelligence dashboards help you to see the bigger picture and show you how to make your data work for you!

Find out more
5/8/2020
Employee Engagement

Ways to Reward Employees When Incentives are Cancelled

Have you had to cancel your sales incentive? Here are Neon's top alternative ways to reward and recognise your employees without travel.

Find out more
28/7/2020
News

It's Our 19th Birthday!

Today Neon turns 19, so to celebrate (along with a glass or three of bubbles) we wanted to share with you a snapshot of our story so far!

Find out more
16/7/2020
Events

Handpicked Luxury Hotels Perfect for a UK Incentive

Neon are very excited by the prospect of an increase in UK incentives! Here's part two of our collection of favourite handpicked hotels.

Find out more
10/7/2020
Events

Unique UK Incentive Destinations: Port Lympne

A UK incentive with a wild side! Last year we took a group of top sellers on a unique trip to Port Lympne Wildlife Reserve in Kent.

Find out more
2/7/2020
Employee Engagement

The Benefits of a Good Sales Incentive

Sales Incentives are an excellent way to inspire, motivate and reward your sales team and can help boost growth!

Find out more
25/6/2020
Performance Improvement

Why is the Wellness of your Employees so Important?

To mark World Wellbeing Week we've been focusing on the importance of wellness in the workplace and how it can affect employee performance.

Find out more
19/6/2020
Events

Handpicked Luxury Hotels Perfect for a UK Incentive

With UK incentives predicted to be on the rise for the foreseeable future, we've begun to put together some of our favourite luxury hotels.

Find out more
11/6/2020
Performance Improvement

Promoting Brand Engagement and Loyalty through Learning

Having a solid eLearning platform as part of your sales incentive can increase a return on investment for your business - here's how!

Find out more
3/6/2020
Events

Travel Daydreaming: Where We Can't Wait to Visit!

As an agency that run travel incentives for our clients throughout the year, it's no surprise we all love to travel!

Find out more
28/5/2020
Performance Improvement

How to Respond to Business Objectives - The Neon Way!

As many businesses start to reopen their doors, it's important to start thinking about re-evaluating business goals and objectives.

Find out more
21/5/2020
Employee Engagement

Mental Health Awareness Week: Kindness Matters

This week Neon are spreading kindness for Mental Health Awareness Week. Find out how in this blog post!

Find out more
14/5/2020
News

We are Here to Help!

We want to hear what challenges you're facing at the moment, get to the heart of your audience and add value.

Find out more
7/5/2020
News

Our Wonderful Neon Team

Working from home has its challenges. Read how some of our team are combatting these to ensure we stay engaged and connected.

Find out more
16/4/2020
Employee Engagement

Ways to Virtually Reward and Recognise Your Employees

Recognising your employees is just as important now as it's ever been and finding effective ways to do this virtually is a must.

Find out more
31/3/2020
Performance Improvement

Apps to Help Increase Working From Home Productivity

Neon have been using these excellent Apps to keep our team organised, proactive and connected throughout this time!

Find out more
30/3/2020
Employee Engagement

Communication is Key!

Communication is so important and now more than ever we need to regularly engage with our employees to ensure productivity remains high.

Find out more
6/3/2020
Performance Improvement

How Gamification Can be Used to Engage your Network

At Neon, many of our clients use gamification as a driver of engagement to draw their participant base into their programme.

Find out more
26/2/2020
Events

Arabian Adventure Incentive Trip to Abu Dhabi

At the beginning of February, we rewarded our client's Top Performing Dealer Principals with a memorable Arabian Adventure to Abu Dhabi.

Find out more
12/2/2020
Employee Engagement

How to keep Employees Engaged, Recognised, Motivated

We believe if you create a workplace that stimulates fun, appreciation, respect and results, your employees will thrive and be happy.

Find out more
View of the Eiffel Tower
10/2/2020
Events

Paris: A City of Romance, Excitement and Fun!

As Valentine’s Day approaches, we thought Paris, The City of Love, would be an apt choice for an incentive destination.

Find out more
Someone Working at a Desk
28/1/2020
Employee Engagement

Top Tips for Retaining Your Employees

From reward and recognition to goal setting, here are Neon's top tips for retaining your employees.

Find out more
People Working at their Laptops
22/1/2020
Performance Improvement

4 Ways to Motivate Employees to Hit and Exceed Targets

Neon's top tips on ways to motivate your employees to hit and exceed their targets in the workplace.

Find out more

Want to improve your performance?

Get in touch for a 30 minute chat if you’d like to hear more about how we can help engage your employees, improve your performance and achieve some fantastic results together!

Email Us