The European Union’s plans to enforce gender diversity quotas on boards are advancing with calls in the European Parliament for EU-wide legislation to be put in place ensuring minimum female...

Variety is the spice of life. And as a growing number of progressive businesses are now realising, diversity can also provide the cornerstone to a high-performing workforce.

The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has begun consultation on whether the UK Corporate Governance Code should be revised to require listed companies to publish their policy on gender diversity in...

Women in management is a hot issue at the moment, and all for the wrong reasons. Lord Mervyn’s recently published Women on Boards report has highlighted the under representation of women on the...

The theme of International Women’s Day this year – ‘Equal access to education, training, science and technology’ – has put a spotlight on the traditionally male-dominated technology industry.

Privately held business in the UK have made little progress towards achieving gender equality in the boardroom, new research from Grant Thornton shows.??

Lord Davies unveiled his Independent Review into Women on Boards this morning. Here is what the HR sector thinks...

Companies should set targets for 2013 and 2015 to ensure that more women can get into top jobs Lord Davies recommended today as he unveiled his much-anticipated report into women in the boardroom.

At the beginning of the year, Fortune magazine reported that only a dozen Fortune 500 companies have female CEOs, despite the fact that there is plenty of evidence to show that placing a woman in...

More women are being recommended for non-executive director (NED) roles, according to the latest Life in the Boardroom report by boardroom remuneration consultancy MM&K.

The European Union could introduce Europe-wide legislation introducing quotas for female membership of boards of directors, a legal firm has warned.

Women are making up an ever greater proportion of the boards of UK companies.