10/03/26
FlexForward2026 - A decade ago, flexible working was virtually non-existent for most employees and was most definitely a perk.
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Awards
As previous winners at the Gatwick Diamond Business Awards, we are now proud sponsors of the Best Flexible Working Practice Awards in 2023 and 2024.
We were delighted to win Team of Stars at the Burgess Hill Business Park Awards.
Finalists in the Businesswoman of the Year category at the Dynamic Awards 2025.
We recruit candidates to work flexibly in future-minded companies. We’ll match the right person to the right job in terms of skills and personality and devise a collaborative, flexible working strategy that suits both client and candidate.
In the future, businesses will aim to recruit and retain happier, healthier and more productive employees. We promote and support implementation of sustainable flexible working practices that work for all.
We treat every candidate as an individual, working with them to find the best flexible opportunity and reinforce a good work life balance. We take time to understand business needs, promoting flexible working practices that are of tangible strategic, financial and personal benefit.
Employers
Why recruit flexible working roles?
Flexible working is here to stay and your candidates’ requirements for work and life have changed for good.
For more than 10 years, we’ve been working with businesses of all sizes and sectors, helping them design and implement flexible working policies and job descriptions that attract and retain talent. With fierce competition for talent in every sector, our database of experienced, flexible working professionals means we can help you find the best people for your team.
Candidates
Why choose a flexible working role?
There are numerous advantages to a flexible full-time or part-time role. As a professional, you can leverage your talent and experience while balancing work with other commitments; freeing up time and enabling you to have a more fulfilling and less stressful working life.
Flexible roles can be part-time but flexible working is much more than that, what’s more it doesn’t have to mean a serious cut in your wages.
Your definition of flexible working will be unique, so we work hand-in-hand with you to find the right role that fits your life.
"There is nothing Emma doesn’t know about how to enable both the business and the candidate benefit from flexible working. Enabling your team to work flexibly is a no-brainer, you have an immediate competitive advantage over more ‘traditional business hours’…
Nikki, Propellernet"Having known Emma for some time we’ve recently formed a working group called Work Links with Cat Harris Senior L&D Partner at First Central Insurance, an alliance to promote and pioneer flexible working best practice in Sussex. The most recent…
Winnie, PropellernetA quick note to say thank you for a lovely coffee morning and introduction to Flex Matters at Rockwater. It was great to meet you all, (what a lovely team you are!) and to understand what you do and meet…
Penny - candidate,Emma is so professional and offers a fantastic service! Her website is full of brilliant ideas and advice to get your career on track and she has helped me greatly - I cannot recommend her enough. She’s personable and enthusiastic…
Kate, A happy candidate
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Flex Matters can help you find high calibre candidates and flexible and hybrid jobs, in locations across the south east. Including Kent, Sussex and Surrey.