Published by the Working Mothers Association, covering the business case (“Employers and childcare – what’s the connection?”), maternity leave, flexible working, childcare options, and European comparisons. The guide was sponsored by NatWest Bank and included about 20 examples of what employers were doing. Already the focus was on recruitment costs, the wastage of (female) skills, broadening the talent and promotion pool; and examples were given of flexitime, part-time work, V-time (voluntary reduction in hours), jobsharing and working from home