Piano lessons, ballroom dancing, cricket nets, Hapkido (er... try Google!), even a new pair of trainers.

All are things our team have received in recent months, paid for by Couraud as part of their Personal Development Allowance. We want everyone that works for us to have varied and fulfilling lives and this one way of getting people to do things they may not ordinarily do (and ensuring they're useful at a dance).

It all started when one of the directors decided to join a gym. The other couldn't imagine anything worse.

Does your company offer something similar? What's your attitide to extra-curricular activities, above and beyond the standard stuff?