Flex Appeal: the next stage
With funding secured for a major new piece of work, Matt wanted to get down in pixels exactly…
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Flexible working is not just for parents, it’s for people. People with mental health issues, people with caring…
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On 17 October last year, I chaired a table on flexible working and zero hour contracts at The…
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Flexible working is not about parents, it’s about people. People with needs that don’t fit into a 9-5…
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Writer Lourdes Walsh shares her initial skepticism about #flexappeal My first impression of Flex Appeal – a kaleidoscopic…
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Flexible working is not solely for parents, it’s not something only for ‘mummies that want to see more…
more ›Flex appeal: Deloitte
Flexible working? Think ‘agile’ working, according to Emma Codd, Deloitte’s managing partner for talent. Here Emma talks us…
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If you are reading this, you’re IN for our flash dance this Friday 9th September at 12pm in…
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Most employers make parental life trickier than it needs to be, through a simple lack of imagination…
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Increased flexible working could unlock £55bn for the UK economy You can download the report here The second…
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We’ve flash mobbed, we’ve talked, we’ve emoji-ed, we’ve DM-ed, we’ve hugged it out and we’ve worked out there…
more ›Let’s talk about flex
There’s been plenty of chat and a fair bit of flash dancing action. (See our Lycra-swathed Flex Appeal…
more ›Going Dutch
Amsterdam daily Het Parool recently ran a feature on flex appeal, and how we’re trying to bring a little Dutch touch to working lives in the UK. Here’s the translation…
more ›Baby brains
The mental health of babies is too easily overlooked, writes Sally Hogg of the Parent Infant Foundation, especially…
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The focus of Flex Appeal – a campaign to push for flexible working for all in a bid…
more ›Beauty is in the eye
*First published by Soho House group*. Author of Sunday Times Bestselling book Parenting The Shit Out of Life…
more ›Not just one day
When did I quit my career? I think it was possibly sooner than I imagined; it was at…
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‘Pregnancy’. When did it become such a dirty word? “I’m pregnant”. It sure isn’t in social realms –…
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How do you feel about sharing photos of your kid/s on the internet? It’s a question I get…
more ›Gang(mum) style
Pa Whitehouse imparted some advice when I was a feral youth: “Don’t look up to people and don’t…
more ›Show me the money
My card got declined in Tesco Metro yesterday. I’m not sure what was more traumatic: the 17-year-old youth…
more ›Under the influence
I’m not sure what it is about the word ‘influencer’ that bothers me. It just feels a bit…
more ›The weakest link
I’m not good at apologizing. My viewpoint is generally right, whether it’s my choice of paint colour (it’s…
more ›Let’s get digital
As we launch our FLEX APPEAL – a campaign encouraging companies to loosen the 9-5 shackles and realise…
more ›Lost cause
“So what do you do?”. A question I could once answer with the gusto of a West End-bound…
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