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HR & Management 5 min read

Unilever: Empowering women across its global employee and supply network

Unilever wants to empower five million women in its network by 2020. Advancement opportunities, skills development and expansion routes are some of the tools it is using to accomplish this vision.

HR & Management 6 min read

Sodexo: How diversity commitments have become part of its culture

In a world where it’s been estimated that it will take 100 years to achieve gender equality, facilities management services provider Sodexo prides itself on having a culture focused on providing a fair and diverse environment where employees can thrive and grow.

HR & Management 4 min read

Sky: Harnessing creativity by supercharging women in technology

Edging closer to its target for gender balance in the upper echelons of management, Sky is committed to developing and supporting its female executive pipeline through its Women in Leadership initiative.

HR & Management 2 min read

MediaCom among 50 UK firms that want your business to embrace flexible working

50 British businesses have united as part of the Smarter Working Initiative, with MediaCom and RED Driving School among firms that want companies across the country to give flexible working a test run on Monday 25 July 2016.

Business Technology 6 min read

30 Digital Champions: Helping mashed potato find unexpected popularity in Dubai and Bahrain

Our quest to find 30 Digital Champions alongside Microsoft is finally at an end, and what better way to celebrate it then unveiling our last entry – a family business taking mashed potato to the Middle East.

Managing Your Cash Flow 9 min read

The reasons why eight SME leaders chose to implement or encourage the Living Wage

With the National Living Wage (NLW) still being met with reluctance, we asked eight small business leaders what they thought of the Living Wage – and why they embraced it.

Interviews 4 min read

Thought accountants were boring This one is disrupting the music industry

Designed with independent artists who want more control over the ownership of their music in mind, a new funding model is trying to shake-up the music industry. And given that British artists contribute over £4bn to the economy each year, the disruptive potential is not to be sneered at.

International Trade 6 min read

Going global as a business in the digital age

Michael Gould, founder and CTO at business planning and modelling business Anaplan, shares his experience of growing the business and advocates thinking on worldwide basis from the very beginning.

Interviews 5 min read

The cash flow clinic: Its about a number of techniques, not one silver bullet

The old adage that “cash is king” has long dominated business speak, and is a reflection of the fact that the majority of business failures aren't because of a bad idea – but are to do with running out of money and having nowhere to go.