STAFF at a Nelson-based firm have started the new year with a spring in their step after a skiing adventure in the French Alps.

Twenty employees from Daisy Communications enjoyed five days in the Porte du Soleil region of Morzine.

Sales staff were set a goal of surpassing their targets for the months of October, November, and December, in order to qualify for the trip, with extra places opened up to non-sales staff, as well as the company's business and reseller partners.

The trip was launched to employees in October following a similar sales incentive to Puerto Banus, Spain, last year.

Commercial director Tony Dixon said: "We've had this latest incentive in mind for a while and surprised staff with it at the beginning of October."