Seeing is believing: young girls need more female role models in business to look up to Justine Greening Ensuring that anyone with potential can get on in life makes good business sense. It means that women should have the same opportunities as men to start their own businesses and be represented at every level. Despite female-founded SMEs contributing around £85bn of the UK’s economic output each year, there is still much more to [...]
Social responsibility belongs in the boardroom, not the marketing suite The issues that concern young people the most today — from the climate crisis and global pandemic to new conversations on race and privilege — are ones that also belong in the boardroom. Our world is changing fast, and so too are society’s expectations of corporate Britain — not just when it comes to the [...]
DEBATE: Does the UK economy need a third runway at Heathrow? Does the UK economy need a third runway at Heathrow? James Ramsbotham, chief executive of the North East England Chamber of Commerce, says YES. The cabinet backed Heathrow’s North West runway plan for the same reason the independent Airports Commission recommended it in 2016: Heathrow is the UK’s only hub airport. The Commission came to [...]
