It has been six months since the publication of Lord Davies’ report on women’s representation on FTSE 100 Boards, and the progress report published by Cranfield School of Management reported slow but...
I spend much of my life talking to HR people about employing disabled people. Two of the barriers you might expect me to encounter from time to time are ignorance, (“Why would I want to employ...
Steven Holliday, chief executive at National Grid addressed FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 leaders this morning saying: “Board diversity may be the ‘shop window’ but the real prize for business is to ensure...
Virginia ‘Ginni’ Rometty (pictured with chairman Samuel Palmisano) has been appointed the first female president and chief executive officer of IBM.
It’s been six months since the publication of Lord Davies’ report on women's representation on FTSE 100 Boards, and the progress report published by Cranfield School of Management last week reported a...
Women now make up 9% of all board members in FTSE 350 companies, according to the Board Structure and non-executive Directors’ Fees report from Deloitte, published this morning.
Today the prime minister David Cameron is hosting a reception at 10 Downing Street to celebrate women’s contribution to business.
Seven institutional investors in UK listed companies have asked FTSE 350 chairmen to declare their aspirational goals for the representation of women on their boards in 2013 and 2015 by the end of...
UK employees want their organisations to employ more female managers, according to research by Randstad.
More than two fifths men would ‘prefer’ to work in an environment consisting of ‘just male employees’ while less than a tenth 8% of the men think a working environment of ‘just women’ would be their...
The delicate balancing act between career and motherhood is back in the spotlight with Sarah Jessica Parker’s new film “I Don’t Know How She Does It” released today. It documents the trials and...
HR directors from organisations including Tesco and BT, Government and industry bodies have joined forces in a bid to encourage employers to sign up to a framework for voluntary equality reporting.
