CONGRATULATIONS to Bolton online white goods company AO.com and its CEO John Roberts for the way the staff is treated.

The Middlebrook-based company has emerged as the best retailer to work for in the country after employees were invited to offer feedback about their employers.

AO.com staff beat John Lewis, IKEA and Waitrose because perks staff receive include free breakfasts and snacks, childcare vouchers and free gym membership at the USN Bolton Arena just down the road.

The company has obviously decided that keeping staff happy is the key to business success, and all the signs show they’re completely right.