What Bermondsey-based independent media planning and buying agency December 19 lacks in size, it looks to compensate for in happy, healthy staff. Named after the date on which, in 2008, one of the agency founders was made redundant in the thick of the global economic crisis, the anniversary is celebrated each year with a half-day holiday for all staff – a pause for thought about what can be achieved in the face of adversity. Employees benefit from several perks: birthdays are offered as leave, everyone is given a free Fitbit to monitor their well-being, and staff are treated to an annual company trip, such as a recent jaunt to the French Alps. The company pension scheme is a major bonus, while staff are encouraged to keep working hours below that of other agencies – unless they wish to walk one of the many dogs that frequent the agency’s Tower Bridge Road offices, that is.