Sheffield Hallam University has been awarded a prestigious Leesman+ award for the effectiveness of its agile workplace. Gabriella Jozwiak talks to director of estates Mark Swales. An academic timetabling team, electrical engineers, events management and surveyors are among the staff… Read More ›

Case study
Black Horse goes home
Corrie Newport, senior manager in New Business & Fleet Operations at Lloyds’ Black Horse Finance, explains how creative thinking and home working is paying dividends. In 2013 improvement works were taking place in St William House, Cardiff, the building where… Read More ›
Flexible working – what it takes to be successful
Six years after it began its flexibility journey, Vodafone UK’s head of enterprise services Tony Bailey explains how the company changed its culture and boosted productivity. Productivity in the UK has come under the spotlight following news that the nation’s… Read More ›
Case study: ABN Amro takes next step
Dutch bank ABN Amro started its HR-led flexibility programme New Ways of Working in 2009. However, in 2003 implementation of the programme stopped and the bank changed its approach. Heather Greig-Smith finds out why. Dutch bank ABN Amro started an… Read More ›
Case study: advertising agency embraces flex
Only 2% of job vacancies in the marketing and advertising industry offer flexible working options. Award-winning creative agency Rufus Leonard recognised the danger in cutting itself off from talent that did not fit the traditional 9-5 work model. Rufus needed… Read More ›