Q&A September 2, 2010 Q.I am a small business owner and am wondering what exactly is the 2010 Equality Act? A.The new Equality Act is coming into force on 1st October. It compiles the last 30 years of gender, disability, sexuality, religious and ethnic discrimination legislation into a single act – with some added extras. The Department for Equalities [...]
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 [...]
The defender of feminism who is taking on the City April 11, 2010 EVEN before parliament was dissolved last week, there was a strange end-of-an-era feeling hanging over the House of Commons. More than 150 MPs are standing down, many of them discredited by the expenses scandal, while a tired Labour government is limping towards the end of its third term with little in the way of new [...]
NEWS | IN BRIEF January 19, 2010 CBI refuses to back gender pay The CBI yesterday clarified its decision not to back the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) proposals regarding gender pay reporting. Katja Hall, CBI director of employment policy, said the publication of average salary figures for men and women could be “misleading”. She warned that people could think that [...]
Golden oldies can offer the City a wealth of experience January 25, 2010 YESTERDAY, the actress Jane Fonda announced that she is to film a new workout video at the age of 72, 30 years and one hip replacement after the video that made her a global star. In the world of business too, oldies are still going strong. Warren Buffett – who will be 80 in August [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING January 19, 2010 FINANCIAL TIMES ADONIS TRIES TO LOCK IN TRAIN OPERATORS Train operators who walk away from franchise agreements will face bigger penalties, as part of a package of measures aimed at restoring the system’s credibility following the renationalisation of the east coast main line. Lord Adonis, transport secretary, said in an interview with the Financial Times [...]
Glass ceiling hasn’t been smashed yet October 29, 2009 BRITAIN has slipped to 15th in the international league table for gender equality, it emerged yesterday, as a number of high-profile City women told City A.M. that they believed that glass ceiling still exists. Britain has slid to 15th place, down from 9th in 2006 for gender equality, according to the World Economic Fund. Top [...]
MPs to question Harman in sex in the City hearing October 19, 2009 Sexism in the City will be in the spotlight once again today when the Treasury Committee continues to take evidence for a new inquiry into the treatment of women in the Square Mile. Minister for Women and Equality Harriet Harman is scheduled to speak as well as Sarah McCarthy-Fry, exchequer secretary for the Treasury and [...]
Women’s pay lags behind men’s in City September 6, 2009 WOMEN working in the UK’s finance industry face the highest overall gender pay gap, according to a study out today by the Equality and Human Rights Commission In a stern warning to the City, the Commission has said that it may order financial firms to publish employment data and undertake annual equal pay audits to [...]