The benefits of investing in employee health

Contributed by Richard Donkin - Financial Times - Published 17 March 2009

You know an idea is beginning to take off when entrepreneurs try to make money out of it.

Four years ago, I wandered into the offices of Vielife, a health and well-being management company, and admired the bowl of fruit on the meeting room table. At the time, the idea that employee health might go beyond the remit of the company medical department was novel. Then, last week I noticed a…

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