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Self-doubt holds women back from entrepreneurial careers says study

Men remain more likely than women to start their own businesses while the women who do decide to become entrepreneurs are failing to apply for scale-up loans as they think they’ll be turned down

6 ways leaders can actively lift inclusion barriers

Leaders currently face two barriers – not prioritising inclusion when faced with so much change and being unable to recognise privilege

International Women’s Day: closing the women in technology equality gap

Rumblings on why there are so few women in technology continue to no end. Here leading women in tech are choosing to challenge the status quo

We must choose To challenge workplace gender bias

The stubborn workplace barriers to gender equality highlight why this year’s IWD #ChooseToChallenge theme is so important

Courage is a muscle – the Nokia approach to better diversity

The Best Place to Work for LGBT+ award and a high score on Bloomberg’s gender equality index are clear indications of global tech giant Nokia’s commitment to diversity and inclusion

IWD 2021 – ‘Choose to Challenge’ sets the tone for progress

This year’s Internal Women’s Day theme #Choose To Challenge’ asks us all to analyse, question and adapt to achieve greater gender equality

Government’s Future Fund puts value on women and minority-led businesses

Could a pandemic era government loan scheme even out inequalities in the UK’s business landscape?

Reducing diversity to a ‘tick box exercise’ fails to exploit its role in strategic decision making and innovation

High-performance expert and best-selling author tells the Advanced World Conference to embrace the competitive advantage diversity brings and a growth mindset

Could more women in STEM roles solve the sustainability crisis?

Gender equity non-profit WISE thinks more women in STEM roles could fill the 250,000 new jobs provided by Johnson’s ‘green economy’, but educational institutions and employers must get involved

Spring Budget 2021: the outcome for BAME entrepreneurs, women, and older apprentices

The policies revealed in the Spring Budget focused on business survival during COVID-19. But they could also protect and empower more underrepresented groups in business than it intended