Women’s roles in the boardroom increase
A new report from Deloitte has revealed that women now hold one fifth (20.3%) of board seats, up 2% from 2015.It also found that those businesses with top female executives have twice as many female directors as firms which are run by men. Kate Headley, Director at HR and diversity consultancy The Clear Company commented […]
Corporate culture key to achieving greater gender diversity
New research by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has found that company culture is central to boosting gender diversity. The research revealed that promoting existing female talent is better for diversity than recruiting women. BCG, which interviewed chief executives, HR officers and 1,350 employees from 15 FTSE 100 companies, found that while senior managers favoured a […]
Industry Spotlight: Will Brexit create further employment limitations for disabled people?
According to the diversity consultancy, The Clear Company – a contributor to the government’s Disability Confident campaign which was created in July 2014 – employment opportunities for disabled people in the UK are likely to come under further threat unless the government ‘prioritises the recreation of EU safeguards into British statute’. In regards to employment, […]
