Top employers


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The employers listed below have some of the best flexible working and family friendly policies in the UK, and some great flexible job opportunities.


Accenture

Accenture

A global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company.

Barclays

Barclays

With over 300 years’ experience, we like to think of ourselves as experts when it comes to understanding our customers’ needs.

Deloitte

Deloitte

Deloitte has a straightforward goal: to achieve supreme market leadership by winning recognition as the UK’s pre-eminent and most-trusted professional services firm – a firm that’s famous for the calibre of our people and respected for the exceptional quality of our work.

Dreams

Dreams

We understand that the people in our business are the key to our continued success. At Dreams, people's views and opinions are encouraged, valued and listened to. In a retail business such as ours, we believe it is vital to get regular input from all our employees.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Add an annual turnover of more than $12 billion to a rental and leasing fleet made up of more than one million vehicles spread across some 7,600 locations worldwide and you get Enterprise Rent-A-Car – a business that’s grown into the largest car rental company in North America and arguably, the world.

Ernst & Young<br />

Ernst & Young

At Ernst & Young, we’re committed to helping you achieve your potential, both personally and professionally.  We all want to work with bright, committed intelligent individuals who demonstrate integrity, team spirit and the courage to lead. In other words, people who live our values. That’s why we recruit high calibre people in the market and recognise and reward effective teamwork.

Everything Everywhere

Everything Everywhere

We’re Everything Everywhere, and we’re the people behind Orange and T-Mobile. We’re also the largest communications company in the UK.

H&M 

H&M 

We’ve been on the catwalk and the high street for 60 years. And our philosophy has always been the same; fashion and quality at the best price. We’re more popular than ever today, operating in 35 countries with 73,000 people. And that’s because we’re always focused on tomorrow.  New trends, new styles, new stores- and new people with the talent to take us further.

Hobbs

Hobbs

Hobbs is unique in the British fashion market, offering a complete wardrobe to the customer where the garments, shoes and accessories form the perfect complement to one another.

HSBC

HSBC

HSBC Personal Banking offers a range of bank accounts with online banking 24/7, mortgages, savings, investments, credits cards, loans and insurance.  

John Lewis

John Lewis

The John Lewis Partnership is noticeably different to other successful retailers. The 76,500 people who work for us are called Partners and their happiness is at the centre of everything we do. They - we - own the John Lewis Partnership.

KPMG

KPMG

KPMG is one of the world's leading professional services organisations — a global network of member firms operating in 144 countries. Our UK firm offers Audit, Tax, and Advisory services to thousands of clients, from some of the largest multinationals and best-known brands to public bodies and private individuals. 

M&G Investments

M&G Investments

At M&G we know that our role as an employer is very simple – to provide the right environment for talented people to do their best work. In achieving this we recognise and value peoples’ differences and contributions and know that by employing and managing all kinds of different people, we become a more rounded and balanced organisation, which is a better reflection of the community in which we work.

Nationwide

Nationwide

Committed to being open, honest and trustworthy, something that is benefitting our customers in today’s economic climate. Right across our business we’re aiming higher, thinking smarter and acting faster than ever before.

Network Rail

Network Rail

Network Rail is transforming the face and the fabric of Britain’s railways. We’re right at the heart of revitalising our rail system, and the people who work with us are highly valued by us irrespective of age, gender, disability, colour, religion, or ethnic origin.

Orange

Orange

Since 1994, Orange has been making technology straightforward, useful and easy for everyone to enjoy.  It’s an approach that saw us welcome over one million customers in our first year and helped us become the fastest-growing company in UK history.

Prudential

Prudential

Prudential is one of the largest and most successful insurance companies in the world with a proud history stretching back over 160 years.

Santander

Santander

Santander is the largest bank in the Eurozone with 90 million customers and 13, 660 branches.

Starbucks

Starbucks

Starbucks mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit— one person, one cup, and one neighbourhood at a time. With over 700 retail stores in the UK and Ireland and a Support Centre based in Chiswick, Starbucks offers a range of fantastic and flexible job opportunities. Join the 9,000+ others who’ve discovered what a unique employer Starbucks truly is.  

Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

Working for Surrey means making positive and practical differences to the lives of people living and working in the county. View our jobs page here.

T-Mobile

T-Mobile

T-Mobile started life as One2One before becoming the brand we know and love in 2002.

Thames Valley Police

Thames Valley Police

Thames Valley Police is the largest non-metropolitan police force in the country, covering 2,200 square miles of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire. We patrol 196 miles or motorway and serve a population of over 2.1 million.

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