Pan Macmillan – Winner 2025, Best for Mothers, sponsored by Umbrella HR
Pan Macmillan’s exceptional support recognises the diverse needs of each stage of motherhood. An impressively female leadership team and inclusive policies reflect their belief that supporting working parents is both the right thing to do, and a key driver of business success.
Crown Prosecution Service – Winner 2025, Best for Carers and Eldercare
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has implemented a broad range of measures to empower carers to feel engaged and productive, which reflects their vision of ensuring carers are visible, valued and supported.
Ten2Two Limited – Winner 2025, Best for All-Round Flexibility
Built from the ground up on the basis that hours worked do not detract from quality, flexibility is ingrained in the culture at Ten2Two. Their dedication to flex not just being a policy but a standard to set for others, is helping them go from strength to strength.
Hill Dickinson – Commended 2025, Best for All-Round Flexibility
Hill Dickinson’s innovative and long-standing model of flexible working is designed to take care of their people by giving them autonomy, as well as appeal to the best in the business, and progress women into leadership roles in pursuit of gender equality.
Nationwide Building Society- Winner 2025, Best for Mental Health and Wellbeing, sponsored by enei
Nationwide’s understanding of the need to create a safe space for those experiencing mental health challenges has led them to go beyond policies and focus on tailored support that aims to empower employees and promotes wellbeing.
Grant Thornton UK LLP – Winner 2024, Best for All-Round Flexibility, sponsored by enei
Grant Thornton UK LLP has put people at the centre of its business strategy and key to their culture is the embedding of flexible working, showing a clear commitment to enabling diverse talent to thrive and growing an inclusive environment.
Lloyds Banking Group – Finalist 2024, Best for All-Round Flexibility, sponsored by enei
Lloyds Banking Groups’ (LBG) new initiatives are part of their transformation toward creating an inclusive workplace that works for their people and customers, and that fully supports employees in the moments that matter.
Royal Academy of Engineering – Finalist 2024, Best for All-Round Flexibility, sponsored by enei
The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is a people-first organisation that supports individual working styles and promotes inclusive ways of working to enable people to thrive and progress.
A big impact in a small business: how SF Recruitment made flexible working work in an SME
Flexible working makes a good business case, promising to deliver better engagement, productivity and staff retention. But these benefits can sometimes be seen as the preserve of big corporations, perceived to have the resources needed to make flexible working a success.
Reuben Sinclair – Winner 2023, Best for flexible working sponsored by Arnold Clark
Reuben Sinclair epitomises flexible working, with an approach that embodies trust and autonomy and an appreciation of the benefits of investing in people, borne out by the impressive progress evidenced.
Freestyle – Finalist 2023, Best for flexible working sponsored by Arnold Clark
Freestyle have developed ways of working that are underpinned by trust and a belief in autonomy, as well as recognising that flexibility can unlock individual potential and prevent burnout.
Independent Living Fund Scotland – Finalist 2023, Best for flexible working sponsored by Arnold Clark
Independent Living Fund Scotland are devoted to embedding a culture where everyone feels valued and supported through ‘life-friendly’ policies and practices.
