Why it’s time to get serious about the lack of females in FTSE 100 firms
A new report on FTSE 100 leadership reveals a steady growth towards gender equality at board level, but when it comes to CEO roles, women remain far behind men.
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Where have all the good ones gone Why FTSE 350 companies don’t want more women on board
Despite a drop in the number of companies with all-male boards,the team behind the government-backed Hampton-Alexander Review uncovered shocking reasons why chairs and CEOs are unwilling to appoint more women.
December 2017 economic statistics: All the figures SMEs need to know
Many will still be celebrating the end of 2017, a year filled with tumultuous and confusing economic statistics. But for all the uncertainty and changes that came about, we enter 2018 more stable than we d like to think.
Workplace automation is here, but FTSE 100 companies don’t want to share how
While most of us worry about the impact workplace automation will have, companies within the FTSE 100 already have “high-level” plans in place to make the most of it but don’t intend to share.
World’s biggest tech firms pay wildly different CEO salaries
Leaders such as Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have become almost as famous as their companies, but what do their CEO salaries say?
Industry leaders get their claws out for Fat Cat Wednesday
Fat Cat Wednesday represents the day on which FTSE 100 CEOs earned the average annual UK salary of £28,200 and we re only four days into the new year.
How Sports Direct scored an own goal with a bit of nepotism
By Edward Craft
Should a FTSE 100 company like Sports Direct grant personal favours from the boardroom to controlling shareholder Mike Ashley
Worldpay shelves 6.6bn bid by French rival to press ahead with IPO
French company Ingenico Group lined up additional banking support to pave the way for a £6.6bn all-cash takeover of British rival Worldpay – which the payment services firm has shelved to press ahead with a stock market flotation.
Mining stocks drive FTSE 100 rebound for now
By Brenda Kelly
After stocks fell substantially on Black Monday, traders have begun to splash out on the volatile mining sector, helping the FTSE 100 make a comeback.
Alton Towers has issued a 47m profit warning after Smiler rollercoaster crash
An accident on 1 June at Alton Towers, which resulted in four people being injured, led to the temporary closure of the park. This has, according to owner Merlin Entertainments, affected its profits.