Fewer than 1 in 5 senior finance roles held by women Banking Women make up less than 20 per cent of senior leadership roles at UK financial services businesses, highlighting the persistent gender gap at the top of the industry. According to new data by employment law firm Fox & Partners, out of the 66,860 senior executives in UK financial services businesses, only 12,430 are held by [...]
Business has never been a man’s world – meet the women who bankrolled history Opinion A new history challenges the myth that business was “just for men” by uncovering the forgotten stories of powerful female entrepreneurs, bankers, and industrialists who have been crucial to building global prosperity throughout the ages, writes Victoria Bateman Hidden away inside the British Museum is a little-known collection of women’s business cards dating to the [...]
Call me converted, I’ve finally found a positive use for ChatGPT Opinion Anna Moloney was an AI Luddite. Then she discovered it could do her taxes. She tells us about (kinda) embracing ChatGPT in today's Notebook.
Nigel Farage criticises DEI and says men ‘sacrifice’ more for jobs than women March 28, 2025 Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has criticised diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies and argued men “sacrifice their family lives” for their careers more than women. Speaking at an event in Parliament, the MP for Clacton-on-Sea argued that more men used to be at the top of boardrooms because “the country was white men”. Addressing [...]
The Debate: Has having more women in the boardroom helped overall progress? March 5, 2025 More women may now hold board positions, but has a boardroom focus helped or hindered women overall in the workplace?
FTSE 100: Women on boards reaches almost 45 per cent February 25, 2025 FTSE 100 firms are making steps towards greater female representation with a new report revealing that 44.7 per cent of board seats are going to women. However, progress was much slower for executive positions, with women making up only 32.7 per cent of FTSE 100 executive committee roles, according to the latest FTSE Women Leaders [...]
After Allbright, is there a future for women-only members clubs? February 14, 2025 Allbright is just the latest women's members club forced to shut up shop in London, which begs the question: do women even still want them?
AllBright: London’s women-only members’ club rescued February 3, 2025 A deal to buy the assets of AllBright, the women-only members’ club in London, out of administration has been announced. A Cain International company has acquired the assets after the networking and events business entered administration last week. The deal has been agreed for an undisclosed sum but the fee is expected to be revealed [...]
London’s women-only members’ club AllBright enters administration January 29, 2025 The female-only Mayfair townhouse operated by women’s collective AllBright is set to close as the company enters administration. The networking and events business, launched by co-chair of the Invest in Women Taskforce Debbie Wosskow and Telegraph Media Group’s chief executive Anna Jones in 2017, will close the doors on the Mayfair club it opened in 2019. “Sadly, [...]
Why women in business need to get better at saying no August 24, 2024 Too many women still believe being successful means sacrificing your personal life – it’s time we learned that disappointing others is a good habit to develop, says Viviane Paxinos For too long, society has perpetuated the belief that to be successful, women must give up their personal lives and wellbeing. We’re told the price of [...]