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Legislation and Regulation

REPORT: UK women in finance face the largest pay gap across sectors

Eliminating work-related gender gaps could add £150 billion to our annual GDP in 2025. That is an opportunity that neither Government nor businesses can afford to ignore. Yet women in finance are on the losing end of the wage battle. Here's why.

Legislation and Regulation

Can you achieve fairness and cut out name bias in recruiting?

Legal experts from Thomson Snell & Passmore LLP explain how to tackle name bias in recruiting, to boost diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Venture Capital Funding

UK’s top VCs revealed: 11 women to watch in investment

In the realm of investment, the UK is seeing an increasing number of talented, driven and capable individuals, many of whom are women. But how many people actually know who they are and the extent of their success? GrowthBusiness highlights the UK’s top VCs and their claim to fame in a yearly look at women in finance.

Human Resources

UK salaries among the lowest in the world

New research reveals tech salaries in the UK are well behind other cities, making the sector's talent shortage all the more harder to bridge.

Technology

Why 2017 will be the year of the bot

2017 is set to be the year of the bot, but there are a few barriers in the way. From racist chatbots to robosexuality, we examine some of the trends in artificial intelligence that could detract the sector's evolution as a business accelerator.

Human Resources

Name bias in corporate Britain: “Adam” more likely to get hired over “Mohamed”

People named "Adam" are three times more likely to be hired than those named "Mohamed," confirming just how pervasive name bias is in corporate hiring.

Opinion

“Unhire-able and undesirable”: the Muslim ban isn’t new, says Wall Street vet

Wall Street veteran Joshua Brown believes Trump's Muslim ban is another wave in a long legacy of American xenophobia. According to legal and academic experts closer to home, this could mark the beginning of the end of diversity in the workforce.

Venture Capital Funding

Case for diversity in venture capital strengthens

According to popular gender analysis, women are too risk averse and aren't competitive enough to make in business or venture capital. New research blows these archaic concepts out of the water, proving why more women should make partner at VC firms.

Human Resources

Why the parenthood penalty could tear corporate Britain apart

UK parents face the possibility of a ‘parenthood penalty’, which could lead to backlash from frustrated parents, according to research.

Human Resources

Can employers cut out dress code discrimination?

Peninsula's Kate Palmer comments on how can employers ensure there is no dress code discrimination in the workplace.

News

MI 6 chief on why gender diversity is a matter of national urgency

MI 6 Chief Sir Alex Younger believes Britain's got tech talent, and attracting the best and brightest means levelling the playing field for women in technology. Here's why.

Human Resources

5 ways to build a healthy intergenerational workplace

Follow these five principles to unite your intergenerational team. Bullhorn's Peter Linas writes.

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