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  • The sweetest thing: Ben & Jerry’s CEO on why businesses need a higher purpose

    January 13, 2020

    What is the purpose of business? Should companies focus purely on selling their products and making money for their shareholders, or do they have a responsibility to give something back to the planet and try to do good? It’s a pertinent question, and one that has become increasingly relevant over the last decade. Nor is [...]

  • For richer or for poorer? The economic case for marriage is worth remembering

    December 4, 2019

    An important piece of social news emerged last week. According to the Office for National Statistics, the divorce rate in 2018 fell to its lowest level for nearly 50 years. The overall trend is clear and well-established. The divorce rate rose steadily from the late 1950s, with sharp rises immediately following the Divorce Act of [...]

  • It’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, and we need more inclusion in society

    December 3, 2019

    As I type, it is impossible not to be reminded that my ability to do so — as someone who is registered blind — is because of the typewriter’s role as a 200-year-old example of disability inclusion.  Early iterations of what led to perhaps the most ubiquitously used invention in the world — the keyboard [...]

  • No, your CEO can’t come paint our office: The 4 golden rules for CSR

    December 2, 2019

    Two years ago, I launched Beam, a tech-for-good startup that crowdfunds employment training for homeless people and supports them into stable, paid work.  Ever since we started to gain visibility, a number of brands have approached us with different propositions for demonstrating their corporate social responsibility (CSR) agendas. To paint a picture of what these approaches [...]

  • It’s time for aspiration and ability – not birth and background – to dictate progress

    July 8, 2019

    In the UK, our sense of fair play is a source of national pride. We like to think that if you study hard at school and work hard in employment, opportunities are there for the taking. We are, however, increasingly finding evidence to the contrary.  Throughout the country, we see those at the top being [...]

  • Penny Mordaunt poised to join Conservative leadership contest

    May 29, 2019

    Defence secretary Penny Mordaunt is poised to join the increasingly crowded field of candidates seeking to succeed Theresa May as Prime Minister. In article for the Conservative Home website, set to be published at 9am on Thursday, Mordaunt warns the upcoming leadership contest must not descend into “a fight against competing factions” as she urges [...]

  • London pulls away from rest of UK in wealth, says first paper in major inequality study

    May 14, 2019

    London has been far more economically productive than the rest of the country over the last two decades while earnings in the capital are much higher than elsewhere, a new study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has shown. Read more: Hammond has the cash to end austerity, IFS says The IFS has today [...]

  • UK financial services face talent crisis over social mobility and “boring” reputation

    April 21, 2019

    The UK’s financial services sector is facing a talent crisis as would-be employees are put off by its reputation for being “boring”, a new survey has revealed. Research carried out by Big Four auditor KPMG showed 65 per cent of the UK population would not consider taking a job in the financial services sector. Read [...]

  • The Dragon Awards are on the hunt for London’s most responsible businesses

    February 18, 2019

    In an uncertain time for business and society, it is encouraging to know that so many London-based firms remain dedicated to going the extra mile for their local communities. Businesses are increasingly doing more to benefit society and have the greatest possible impact through their working practices. I regularly meet companies that are championing responsible recruitment [...]

  • Freelancers are being exploited by businesses that fail to pay their invoices – this damaging culture must change

    January 22, 2019

    There's no such thing as a free lunch – a popular phrase favoured among politicians and business leaders that is used to describe how everything has a cost. Economies are systems of exchange. Whether payment is obvious or more concealed, we know that what we receive requires recompense. Yet when freelancers are involved, we think [...]

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