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Cultivating a fair workplace: the Nursing & Midwifery Council way

Diversity and inclusion, internally and externally, is high on the agenda at the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Here’s why…

Why the future of business is in the hands of older workers

An ageing population means older workers and an ageing workforce; something that is already taking place in workplaces across the UK.

Business heavyweight Piers Linney named on EMpower’s Ethnic Minority Role Model List for the second year running

Business guru Piers Linney – who starred on TV’s Dragons’ Den – has been named in a list of high-flying role models from ethnic minority backgrounds.

Job-hopping costs the UK economy more than £71 billion a year

Online employee referral recruitment platform, Real Links, investigates the true cost of job-hopping to UK businesses.

Women in leadership: time to remove the roadblocks

In this guest article, Rosalie Harrison, a partner at executive recruitment firm Borderless, explains why she now has a ‘women in leadership training’ trash bin. It’s time to ditch the baggage.

If the digital revolution is to benefit everyone, we need diversity in tech

The blind spots of the mainly white, male tech industry are becoming increasingly clear.

How to help diverse talent enter the boardroom

Failing to hire diverse talent into leadership roles is a commercial mistake

Positive action to promote equality in the workplace

Positive action is an important tool in dismantling gender barriers in employment. It is also an underused enabler of widespread equality.

How Tim Cook has used Apple to turn diversity into a priority for tech firms

Apple under Steve Jobs was associated with innovation, not diversity. His successor has made it clear he thinks the two are closely linked. 

Am I not getting a job because I’m a woman and Muslim?

In this column, Tasneem Abdur-Rashid shares what it is like to be a ‘multi-disadvantaged’ woman and Muslim seeking employment in the UK.