All but a handful of the UK’s biggest companies missed last week’s deadline to set out their plans to put more women on their boards. Only eight companies in the FTSE 100 have announced how they aim to meet the target of 25% women directors set down by the government. Proportion of women on boards […]
Manchester is in The Top 3 for Business!
Something we who live and build businesses in Manchester know already is that Manchester is one of the top places in the UK to run a business. There are a number of reasons for this – the fact you can get anywhere in the North West in under an hour from Manchester and you can […]
Vince Cable is going to discuss me with George Osbourne – apparently!
Let me explain. 2 weeks ago I was interviewed (not just me) for a Radio 4 show which was aimed at asking the businesses of Greater Manchester what the government need to do to support business in the North West. I raised a point about the new initiative on employer NI – which says that […]
New Website to Tackle Business Regulation.
New Website to Tackle Business Regulation A new website to be introduced by the Government will give the people their opportunity to say which rules and regulations should be chucked out. Politicians will have 3 months to justify the rule / law, or it will be removed. David Cameron has pledged that the Coalition will […]
More Mums in Full Time Employment – A Victory for Family Friendly Policies?
Figures out show that there are now nearly 1/3 of mothers in full time employment as against under ¼ in 1996, according to the office for National Statistics. Overall, 66pc of mothers are in some form of work, either part or full-time. ONS statistician Jamie Jenkins said: “Over 15 years the proportion of mothers working […]