Gender equality and quotas: Whats the best way forward
By Denise Nurse
Why are we still fighting for gender equality, asks Denise Nurse, and are quotas really the best way to improve things
Tag: Women In Business
Mobile tech business Mubaloo appoints extra female leader to drive growth
Enterprise mobile app company Mubaloo, which was named in our Everline Future 50 2015, has appointed its second female managing director as CEO Mark Mason will stand down to become chairman.
Women have little faith the gender pay gap will be closed
British pay growth is at the highest level since 2007, but recruitment marketplace Glassdoor has found women are less positive about securing a pay rise than men.
Female entrepreneurship needs more role models to thrive
By Edwina Dunn
Last week O2’s enterprise accelerator Wayra released its StartupDNA report on the UK’s burgeoning startup community and found that Britain is leading the way in the world for female entrepreneurship.
Deloitte backs gender diversity with new female partners and return-to-work scheme
Professional services firm Deloitte has given partner status to 75 members of staff and, supporting gender equality, women have secured 22 of the positions.
John Lewis: The reputable retail business that’s dominated by female partners
British retail giant John Lewis is regularly praised by customers, jobseekers and fellow businesses for the “best corporate reputation”. As the saying goes, there is no I in team, so could the key to John Lewis’ success be a workforce that’s dominated by women
Why entrepreneurs need to change their mindset on building skills
Realising the opportunities that new technologies provide, Jules Coleman left her management consultancy career after teaching herself to code in just six weeks – now, as the co-founder of digital cleaning marketplace Hassle.com, she calls on entrepreneurs to be ready for change.
Increasing number of female tech professionals recruited by UK firms
At 52 per cent, more than half of British businesses claim to have increased the number of female technology employees that have been recruited over the past five years.
Defining Britain’s sharing economy with Hassle’s CEO and Sharing Economy UK board member
The sharing economy is one of those industry phrases that has many different interpretations, one that will likely secure a firmer definition thanks to the 6 March launch of the Sharing Economy UK trade body. To find out more, Real Business has spoken to Alexandra Depledge, SEUK board member and CEO of Hassle.com, who opened up on what it’s like to be a woman in the tech business.
Wonder Woman inspires sisters who quit law to open female-friendly West End e-cigarette bar
Two sisters working in immigration law, Sadia Tanvir-Navaab and Almas Tanvir-Khan, quit their legal careers for a move into entrepreneurship to open the Avant Garde vaping bar in London’s West End, noting Wonder Woman as an inspiration.