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  • Simmons & Simmons, Winner 2013, The RBS Best for Flexible Working Award

    Sector: Law Location: London Employees: 796 Simmons & Simmons has two clear objectives as they encourage take up of flexible working: to empower their people to be able to choose a working pattern that meets their needs and provides a good work-life fit; and to facilitate increased flexibility in the firm’s working practices to deliver…

  • Barclays, Winner 2013, The My Family Care Best for all Stages of Motherhood Award

    Sector: Finance Location: All UK Employees: 73,383 Barclays has a comprehensive, inclusive and well-resourced suite of support for mothers. With full leadership support from the top of the organisation, Barclays is committed to helping women to reach their full potential. This commitment is visible throughout the company. Careers sites clearly demonstrates support for working parents.…

  • American Express, Commended 2013, The Best for Engagement Award

    Sector: Finance Location: UK Employees: 6,200 American Express drives employee engagement through its stated desire to develop a flexible, diverse and inclusive working culture. To ensure that this goal is reflected throughout the whole organisation the financial services company embeds flexibility, diversity and inclusivity in its strategies and policies. Employee engagement is measured annually through…

  • British Gas, Finalist 2013, The Best for Innovation Award

    Sector: Utilities Location: all UK Employees: 28,000 British Gas has demonstrated a well developed and comprehensive approach to carers which has widespread coverage across the organisation. Supported from the highest levels of the organisation, their core message is that supporting carers in the workforce isn’t just about being a good employer, but that it is…

  • Ford, Commended 2013, The National Grid Best for all Stages of Fatherhood Award

    Sector: Engineering/Manufacturing Location: UK Employees: 11,200 Ford has taken an interesting approach to supporting fathers in the workplace, providing not only good policies and opportunities for fathers to combine work and family life, but also taking a wider view of what it means to be a father through work that it does within the local…

  • Citi, Winner 2013, The National Grid Best for all Stages of Fatherhood Award

    Sector: Finance Location: London Employees: 8,000 Citi has had a specific strategy to support new fathers for a number of years. The company has a well developed Parents network with over 1500 members, and this network comprises a really good proportion of both fathers and mothers. This network enjoys senior sponsorship and provides a full…

  • American Express, Finalist 2014, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

    American Express has taken the approach that flexible working is business as usual, and that it isn’t simply an optional add-on. Flexibility, in its view, is a necessity to help employees work to their full potential. American Express has developed a programme, BlueWork, that integrates flexible working into the core culture of the company. It…

  • Barclays plc, Finalist 2014, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

    Barclays’ aim is to foster an organisational culture where flexible working is recognised, appreciated and valued, because it sees the benefits it brings in productivity, responsiveness to customer and client needs and the attraction and retention of talent. Flexible working is seen as standard practice, and employees have a comprehensive suite of working patterns, including…

  • BT Group plc, Commended 2014, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

    BT facilitates agile working and promotes it where it is appropriate for the needs of its customers, the business and its people. They equip employees to work flexibly in both time and place. Agile working is a major element in their transformational workplace strategy and is one of the things which make their business a…

  • Centrica, Winner 2014, The National Grid Best for Flexible Working Award

    Centrica wants to be the leading energy company, and it recognises that its people are the key to realising this ambition. To this end, it has committed to developing flexible working as a way to create a working environment that is inclusive, attracts and retains the best people, and encourages them to fulfil their potential.…

  • RBS, Finalist 2014, The DTCC Best for Innovation Award

    RBS is a UK centred bank and is committed to flexible working, understanding that it brings with it customer and business benefits as well as helping individual employees achieve a good work–life fit. But in order to ensure that its flexible working programmes were successful, RBS realised that it needed to help employees feel confident…