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No longer is a great employee retained through a generous salary (even in a cost-of-living crisis)! Work is where we spend a third of our lives and gone are the days when money would be enough to confirm the signature of a new employee. Now workers proactively seek more than this – they want to […]

It’s 2023; workplaces have changed forever since the pandemic and the discovery that employees do not need a shared space of four walls to work productively. When the world was thrown into lockdowns during 2020/2021, businesses had no option but to trust their employees to work remotely without a lingering watchful eye. Desks were carried […]

The workplace has changed – in the modern workplace employees want to be challenged, they want to be educated and they want to be developed. A decade ago, the term learning and development was relatively unheard of, however now we are seeing more and more businesses allocate resources and funds to this very topic. But […]

A 2019 survey from Google and The Female Quotient showed that, after seeing what they thought was genuine diversity and inclusion in an ad campaign, 64% of consumers took action. That’s a clear sign that focusing on diversity and inclusion is not only the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do.  Since it’s a marketing […]

With a focus on the unpleasant side of Black history, many great stories of amazing Black pioneers go untold. Historically, success stories within the Black community are rarely covered in history books, despite the fact Black people played a central role in British history.  In honour of this year’s theme, Proud To Be, we’re recognising […]

Happy Pride Month! This month, we’re taking an educational approach to Pride and want to share as much as possible about LGBTQ+ topics, news and history. June is one of the most important months of the year for LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans*, queer, questioning, intersex, non-binary, asexual, polysexual, genderqueer and gender vibrant) people. Pride […]

Black History Month, as the name suggests, is a celebration of Black history and culture that runs through the month of October in the UK. Honouring both the struggles and achievements of the Black community is essential, and doing so can help highlight people and events that are often overlooked by a white-washed account of […]

Diversity was the number one priority for employers in 2018, but are we forgetting about inclusion? We argue that without an inclusive culture your diversity efforts will be futile.   In light of National Inclusion Week,  we conducted our own research to address the diversity efforts by businesses today. Our report, Mind the Gap: Could apprenticeships […]