By Katie Owen
Having started a shoe business to change an industry that insists on putting women through pain, I couldn’t believe it when I heard that someone was told to leave the office for neglecting to wear high heels.
If you were to pick up the Yellow Pages, turn to the plumbing, tiling or carpentry sections and begin randomly calling independent trades-people, chances are you’d have ran out of minutes, or possibly patience, before you got through to a woman.
In partnership with Microsoft, our journey to discover the UK SMEs adopting digital for business growth continues as we hear from the founder of Katherine Elizabeth Millinery about her love of tech and how it’s helped her build her luxury fashion business.
It has been estimated that by 2022 there will be 2.5m job openings for engineers in the UK, but there are truly big business benefits of apprentices to help turn that prediction around for the better.
It is only by accurately measuring and harnessing the power of women and the sharing economy that the UK can address its poor productivity record.
Hasbro came under fire in January upon launch of its Star Wars Monopoly set for excluding new female heroine Rey, who joined the sci-fi franchise in new film The Force Awakens. Not wanting to follow in the footsteps of its rival, Mattel has expanded its Barbie Fashionistas line to include three new body types and a variety of appearances.
David Cameron has appointed six British business leaders as ambassadors to promote international trade and investment to UK companies, and women have secured four of the six positions.
Lastminute.com co-founder Martha Lane Fox took to the stage at Microsoft Future Decoded to discuss how women could take inspiration from tools of old like bows and arrows to rise up through the UK’s digital industry.
Having moved away from Thomas Cook ownership in 2014, Elegant Resorts is building an impressive brand in the luxury travel space and creating a diverse workforce to back this up.
By Simon Brooke
Is flexible working allowed at your company According to Anne Cantelo, the founder and MD of Onyx Media and Communications, a Soho-based PR agency, more SMEs should allow employees to work flexibly.
