Gender Entrepreneur Gap: Larger Businesses less likely to have a female founder, find researchers
Ahead of this year’s International Women’s Day, tech company UENI has published a report on over 22,000 British businesses, as part of its initiative to explore the gender gap facing female business founders – and it seems that there is much work to be done. While the gender split in UK business continues to close, […]
Revealed: The Steps Employers Should Focus On To Retain C-Suite Level Talent
The UK’s most senior employees could be set to move on. New research, conducted by executive search firm Novo, reveals that while 14% of employees are looking to switch jobs, this figure skyrockets five-fold for employees working at executive level, with 70% currently seeking a new executive role. Why are top people looking to move? […]
What more can employers do to support employees with cancer?
On World Cancer Day (4th February)[i], Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing asks if employers are doing enough to support employees diagnosed with cancer and suggests measures they could take to creating healthier workplaces. According to Macmillan[ii] 1 in 3 (or 750,000) of the 2 million people currently living with cancer in the UK are of […]
Free from European influence, Investment Organisation calls on Government to boost SME prospects
As the UK exits Europe and looks now to negotiate the environment in which businesses will have the opportunity to grow and prosper, the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association (EISA) is calling on the Government to look favourably on the schemes that encourage UK investors to support new businesses. Director General of the EISA, Mark Brownridge, […]
Business Experts Call for Payroll to have a Seat at the Boardroom Table
Payroll is unrepresented at board level in almost two thirds of UK businesses according to new research from the Access Group. The business software specialist has released a new report following a study of over 1,300 businesses and payroll departments from across the UK. It found that, despite being the single biggest operational cost for almost every […]
Hodge strengthens business development team with three key hires
Hodge has welcomed a national account manager for the south of England, and two new business development managers to work with its intermediary partners in the Midlands and north Wales and the north and south of England. The company has appointed Jason Newsway as national account manager for the south of England. Donna Spence, who […]
Over 1 in 3 employers not supporting EU workers with Settled Status applications
After many turbulent political months, it appears that the decisive General Election result in December finally signals the departure of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) in just three weeks’ time. This end to uncertainty has largely been welcomed by employers, yet a recent survey by Howden Employee Benefits & Wellbeing suggests […]
Open University beats Oxford and Cambridge at producing CEOs and MDs
Every year, millions of students, parents and academics gather wide-eyed to peruse the latest university league table. But what would the results look like if it was based on the number of graduates who went on to run a company? The experts, top recruitment firm Forward Role, decided to find out. They analysed over 260,000 […]
Gender Diversity in Start-Up Investment: New Study Shows Huge Gender Disparity in UK
DeckSender.com, the startup platform that aims to democratise access to investment has analysed the gender diversity of the 1400+ startups that have used it’s platform to raise money in its first year and the results are in – revealing a huge gender disparity among male and female startups in the UK. Female founder led startups […]
Diversity applause for British tech company
Advanced has been announced as one of the top 100 Diversity Leaders 2020 across UK businesses. An independent survey carried out on behalf of the Financial Times has recognised the diversity achievements of Advanced, which recently announced 33% of its board are represented by women. The award assesses diversity across gender, age, ethnicity, disability and […]