A Women's Business Council report released last month stated that increasing the number of women in a workforce would dramatically boost the UK's economic growth.

If the UK economy is to grow, employers must ensure they have a diverse range of people at every level, according to Jo Swinson, minister for women and equalities.

Organisational culture is the main reason why women are under-represented at senior levels in digital media and mobile industries, according to a survey published by volunteer-led organisation, Women...

Diversity continues to remain something of a luxury for some organisations at a time when companies have been very focused on critical change, restructuring and compliance and reward matters.

The rate of female appointments to FTSE100 boards has slowed drastically this year, figures have revealed.

Promoting equality in business is “simpler than [organisations] think”, with SMEs in particular perceiving the laws around it as “more burdensome” than they really are, employment relations minister...

Male-dominated corporate culture is the biggest barrier for women reaching board level, a report out today from executive search firm Harvey Nash and board network Inspire has found.

A drive to get more female representation onto FTSE 100 and FTSE250 boards has stalled, a report from Cranfield School of Management has found.

Lord Davies this morning said quotas for women on UK company boards should be introduced if the UK doesn't reach its 25% target by 2015.

The UK's largest employers are failing to increase the number of women on their boards despite a Europe-wide push to get more women to top management positions, the latest figures from professional...

When Lehman Brothers collapsed in 2008, Christine Lagarde, now head of the IMF, quipped that had it been Lehman Sisters, the economic crisis would look very different.

Two years on from the Lord Davies' report on women on boards, figures show that female representation on corporate boards in the UK has increased to 17.3% up from 12.5%.