Co-op introduces support for staff affected by pregnancy loss June 25, 2021 Co-op has introduced new measures to support its employees and their partners that have been affected by pregnancy loss. Created in partnership with the Miscarriage Association, the new dedicated pregnancy loss policy was designed to support employees affected by miscarriage, stillbirth, embryo transfer loss, molar pregnancy and termination of pregnancy for any reason. Co-op’s announcement [...]
Gary Motherwell CA: “Allies can support LGBT+ colleagues through actions” June 23, 2021 | City Talk Gary Motherwell CA, Finance Director at Golden Charter, discusses overcoming his fear of coming out, how he has witnessed attitudes towards the LGBT+ community shift during his career and how CAs can support their LGBT+ colleagues. Tell us a little bit about your childhood, where you grew up and what the family dynamic was like [...]
Businesses with diverse workforce reap 58 per cent higher revenue, study shows June 9, 2021 UK businesses who treat their employees equally, regardless of race, reported up to 58 per cent higher income than their counterparts, according to a new report released by Henley Business School. The new research highlighted that companies with targeted measures specifically aimed at supporting employees from ethnic minorities recorded better staff output and loyalty, as [...]
Pride 2021: Businesses must encourage their employees to bring their whole selves to work June 9, 2021 | City Talk Being an ally by always calling out bad behaviour and supporting all of our colleagues – no matter who they choose to identify as – is so important, not only in work but in life.
This IWD, meet the women changing the booze industry March 8, 2021 The world of beer, wine and spirits has also been dominated during our lifetime by men, with phallocentric brands including Jack Daniels and Johnnie Walker aimed squarely at male drinkers. But it wasn’t always so – for thousands of years brewing was undertaken by women. And as we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD), there are [...]
Pandemic set to cause ‘shecession’ as Covid-19 hampers gender equality at work March 2, 2021 The pandemic is causing a “shecession”, as women’s economic empowerment is expected to decline for the first time in almost a decade, according to PwC’s latest Women in Work Index. For the past nine years, all countries across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) have made consistent gains towards progress for women in work. [...]
Covid’s catapult: four positive trends for women January 26, 2021 | City Talk Women have been making progress for years, but at a glacial pace. Year after year, I see the same bleak numbers: the more or less stagnant percentages of women in senior management, on boards, in finance, in tech, in investing. However, Covid-19 has been a catalyst and change accelerator in many areas, and while its burdens [...]
Mining firm Antofagasta has least equal male-female board split in FTSE 100 November 3, 2020 Mining company Antofagasta has been named the FTSE 100 firm with the least gender diverse board, with 80% of directors at the firm being men.
How can businesses empower women in technology in a post Covid-19 world? October 5, 2020 Everyone has felt the wrath of Covid-19. The pandemic blindsided businesses earlier this year and has forced organisations to rapidly step into the unknown. But what have we learnt? And can we apply these learnings to tackle existing issues in technology, like diversity and inclusion? Research from McKinsey Global Institute estimates that women make up [...]
Top companies still need to go further in putting women on boards September 22, 2020 As a woman in business and now as a minister at the Department for Business, Environment and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), I know first-hand how difficult it can be to rise through the ranks and establish yourself professionally in the corporate world. My first job was in a shop aged 16. I then went into retail [...]