EDI Digest #3

Stories focused on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion from Grant Thornton, OSEP CIC, BH&O LLP, Oxford Professional Consulting, Freeths and many more.

Defining the journey towards diversity

Achieving a high standard of diversity in the workplace has become increasingly important – especially given the spotlight that has been shone on this aspect of business life by the recent global pandemic and the growing awareness of racial inequality around the world. For larger businesses there are also greater reporting requirements in this area from regulators and government.

Women In Business Digest #3

Celebrating International Women’s Day 2022, we’ve put together this fantastic bumper edition of inspirational and insightful stories from B4 Members such as Oxford Professional Consulting, Freeths, Penningtons Manches Cooper, Databasix and many, many more.

International Women’s Day

A hundred years ago the first women were being admitted as Solicitors. It was a huge milestone following the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919. Who would have thought it back then, that the profession is now full of women practising in all sectors of the profession. In July 2019, 63.1% of new admissions were women.

Gender bias in the workplace

8th March marks International Women’s Day. This year’s campaign theme is #BreakTheBias, and its focus is on ‘creating a world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination, and creating gender equality in workplaces, communities, schools and more’.

EDI Digest #2

Featuring inspirational stories and pressing issues from Penningtons Manches Cooper, Oxford Brookes Business School, Blake Morgan and many more…