Vince Cable puts pressure on companies over all-male boards October 8, 2014 Vince Cable is taking aim at some at a host of British companies that have no women on their boards. Cable is planning to write to the chairman of close to 30 FTSE 350 firms that have all male boards voicing his concern that they have failed to embrace diversity, Sky News reports. Companies that [...]
All-women shortlists for board appointments ruled unlawful July 23, 2014 IT IS illegal for companies to use women-only shortlists to fill boardroom positions, according to new guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. The report found that positive discrimination in order to appoint female candidates is unlawful under equality law, meaning businesses would no longer be able to draw up lists comprised solely of [...]
Government considering legal case for all-women job shortlists March 3, 2014 THE GOVERNMENT is looking at the legality of women-only shortlists for board appointments, to help ensure it meets a diversity target set by Lord Davies for 2015. A report out today details a 10-point plan to beef up a voluntary code for headhunters, to make sure they put forward enough women candidates for interviews at top firms. [...]
The Chancellor can stick to his debt target by following Canada’s lead December 2, 2012 ON WEDNESDAY the Chancellor will announce whether he plans to stick to the government’s pledge that debt will fall as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2015/16. Worse than expected growth forecasts make it more – not less – vital that he sticks to that plan. Economic forecasters are lining up to predict [...]
Women overlooked by recruiters May 27, 2012 A campaign to get more women on company boards is struggling because headhunters and hiring committees are too traditional when recruiting for senior roles, according to a report out today. Last year, some of the biggest headhunters signed up to improve the gender balance in Britain’s boardrooms. But one year on, they are still holding [...]
Ministers on alert over age bias wrangle January 17, 2012 THE COALITION’S new rules on the retirement age could be plunged into confusion after a long-running discrimination case opened in the Supreme Court yesterday. Leslie Seldon, who was a partner at London law firm Clarkson Wright and Jakes, is taking his former employer to the highest court in the land after he was forced to [...]
THE WEEK AHEAD in association with GFT May 8, 2011 COMPANY NEWS ● Today, energy company Centrica delivers a trading statement and holds its AGM. ● Also today, HSBC delivers its first quarter trading update. The update includes more financial details than previous quarterly updates. Pre-tax profits are expected to rise. ● Serco also holds its AGM today. The FTSE 100 company was founded in [...]
What the other papers say this morning February 28, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES NORTHERN ROCK TO OFFER 90 PER CENT MORTGAGES Northern Rock is poised to launch a range of mortgages offering up to 90 per cent of a property’s value, marking the nationalised bank’s return to riskier lending three years after its collapse and government bail-out. The lossmaking lender could make the new high loan-to-value [...]
What the other papers say this morning February 28, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES NORTHERN ROCK TO OFFER 90 PER CENT MORTGAGES Northern Rock is poised to launch a range of mortgages offering up to 90 per cent of a property’s value, marking the nationalised bank’s return to riskier lending three years after its collapse and government bail-out. The lossmaking lender could make the new high loan-to-value [...]
Women missing out on careers October 10, 2010 Middle-aged women are sacrificing their careers because they are acting as unpaid carers, according to a new study by the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Often women go straight from caring for children to looking after an elderly parent, effectively crushing any hopes for a successful career. It also has a negative impact on women’s [...]