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Leo Black & Kirstie McCrum

Boss treats team to 3-day Ibiza trip and Calvin Harris tickets

A generous boss has treated his team to paid for three-day trip to Ibiza and tickets to Calvin Harris residency. The surprise for staff came as Ashley Jones, founder of Great Influence, rewarded the team for its best quarter ever.

The 34-year-old businessman, who heads up the personal branding start-up, was celebrating the company's performance in Q2, its best since its founding in late 2018. The company covered all costs including flights, lunches, dinner and entertainment spending £7,000 in total.

Ashley, who is from Manchester, said: "The team have worked so hard over the last few months and it felt like the right thing to do to show appreciation. I also believe it’s my responsibility that whilst they work here, we give them the best memories possible."

Ashley, who wanted to capture the moment on camera, had to lure the team into a meeting room and tell them they needed to attend a filmed workshop.

"I knew the team would question why we’re filming a meeting, so I had to convince the team into thinking we were doing a workshop."

Footage of the announcement shows Ashley's team ecstatic at the news as they can be seen yelling and cheering with joy. Speaking about the trip, Ashley said: "I’ve never seen so much love for our company! It feels like the holiday created a memory for everyone that they’ll remember for a long time.

"Things like that are a bonus to what I think we give our team, which is a feeling like they are working on something they love, with people they love and a boss who values them and understands them."

This is not the only bonus that the team have had, according to Ashley. In the last two months they attended Parklife festival and went to see Billie Eilish and Harry Styles.

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