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My Bravest Year: a lesson in female self-empowerment

My Bravest Year, a programme meant to aid female leaders across the technology industry, is now seeing significant results.

Key factors female-led businesses need to consider to secure funding

Sam Smith, founder and CEO of finnCap Group plc, summarises the key factors female-led businesses need to consider when seeking to raise growth capital. She also outlines some of the challenges they face.

IKEA: gender equality is a fundamental human right

Sari Brody, Global Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Ingka Group (IKEA), reveals how the company’s strategy for gender equality and bridging the gender pay gap is having a positive impact around the world.

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.

Diversity and Inclusion: Why we need to put the ‘I’ in team

Sarah Kirk, Global Diversity and Inclusion Director from global recruitment specialists, Michael Page, explains why we need to put the ‘I’ in team.

How to embrace Shared Parental Leave

Eight in 10 top UK companies paid men more than women in 2018.

The single-mother conundrum: time for businesses to take note

With the number of single mothers in the workforce at its highest level since the initial years of this century, the question experts are asking is whether the trend is due to macroeconomic factors or true cultural change.

My Bravest Year: tackling gender inequality in the tech industry

How female leaders in technology are learning to be brave, confident and more assertive to overcome gender inequality.

6 of the world’s leading entrepreneurial minds get real about mental health

Lansons announced as partner of BBC’s 50:50 Project