From Cost Centre to Strategic Asset:

Make your Benefits spend work harder

From Cost Centre to Strategic Asset: Make your Benefits spend work harder

Overview

With rising healthcare costs and evolving employee expectations, HR leaders are under pressure to deliver more value from every pound spent.

This webinar explores how a shift from reactive healthcare to preventative strategies can unlock long-term savings, boost workforce wellbeing, and elevate your benefits programme from a cost centre to a strategic asset.

This evidence-packed workshop kicks off HR Grapevine Employee Reward, Benefits & Wellbeing Virtual 2025. With real-world perspectives from benefits consultants and in-house leaders, we’ll unpack how employers are navigating increasing pressure on traditional systems, and building more responsive, holistic packages that serve both business and employee needs. We’ll also explore the rising role of family supports as part of the benefits mix, addressing performance, wellbeing and talent retention.

Key Themes

  • Why traditional benefits models are no longer fit for purpose
  • The business case for prevention-first benefits
  • Real-world examples of organisations stretching budgets through smarter interventions and lateral thinking
  • The role of family supports in preventative benefits, impacting performance as well as engagement

Whether you're rethinking your current offering or building a future-fit strategy, this session will equip you with actionable insights to lead the change.

Who should attend?

HR, reward, benefits and people leaders looking to:

  • Modernise their benefits strategy
  • Improve support for working families
  • Complement existing 'reactive' benefits with more proactive, preventative solutions
  • Understand the practical ROI of Back-Up Care

Speakers

We’ll hear from:

  • Jennifer Liston Smith - Strategic Advisor for Bright Horizons
  • Chris Locke - Executive Director W+F, Bright Horizons
  • Daisy Newbury, Head of Reward, Wellbeing and Organisational Design, Bright Horizons