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We Are The City announced their Rising Star Awards winners

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WeAreTheCity, together with the Royal Bank of Canada, have announced this year’s winners of their Rising Star Awards. This years winners range from Antarctica adventurer, ambassador for the Captain Tom Foundation & student supporting Afghan refugees – all amazing women. Now in their eighth year, the awards are the first to focus on the UK’s […]

Equality: Women are losing out on company share schemes

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Women are losing out on company share schemes too. We all know about the pay gap women are racing to close but the overall wealth gap is still largely untackled.  An important source of income is out of reach for many female executives new findings reveal. Research by law firm Boodle Hatfield found that 69% […]

Unleash your inner Wonder Woman

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Mindfulness Expert Dana Zelicha presents five steps to unleashing your inner Wonder Woman and finding the right work-life balance using mindfulness Are you a working woman who feels pressure to find balance? Is fear or uncertainty stopping you from making leaps or moving forward? Society and instinct have made women primary care-takers, however we cannot […]

Meet the women rocking the tech world on International Women’s Day

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QA, the UK’s leading technology training and apprenticeship organisation, has created a film to inspire women into technology careers for International Women’s Day. Last week, QA uncovered that nearly half of women were actively discouraged from starting a career in tech. This worrying revelation is highly conceivable, shown by the fact that women represent just […]

Searcys at 30 Pavilion Road celebrates girl power ahead of International Women’s Day

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Searcys at 30 Pavilion Road has kick-started International Women’s Day a week early with an evening of fun, education and entertainment at Searcys spiritual home in Knightsbridge. The event included a Duval-Leroy champagne-tasting experience, a Pinkster gin bar, Jo Malone hand and arm massages, artisan Mallow & Marsh marshmallows, sparkly gifts from Annie Haak and […]

20 leading organisations rally behind WeAreTheCity to support 2017 Rising Star Awards

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Nominations are now open for the WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards 2017, recognising the UK’s female talent pipeline below management level. For the third year running, these highly successful awards will celebrate 100 individual female contributors who represent the leaders and role models of tomorrow. These individuals will join an alumni of 200 previous winners from […]

talkRADIO launches Badass Women’s Hour

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talkRADIO is launching a brand new radio show called Badass Women’s Hour, which will be broadcast every Saturday night at 8pm starting 14 January. Presented by journalist Harriet Minter and co-hosted by entrepreneurs Natalie Campbell and Emma Sexton, Badass Women’s Hour will feature bold and inspiring women from fashion, music, design and business reacting to […]

Michelle Obama named biggest inspiration for working women

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Michelle Obama inspired millions of parents and children with her fight against obesity and now she’s leading the fight for working women, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by market researcher OnePoll, saw 2000 employed women between the ages of 24 and 45 vote the First Lady as the one who inspires them […]

Two thirds of women working below their potential after a career break

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Two-thirds of professional women go into lower-skilled or lower-paid roles or work fewer hours than they prefer when they return to a job after a career break, according to research published by PwC, in conjunction with Women Returners and 30% Club. 427,000 UK female professionals are currently estimated to be on a career break and […]

Three women transforming Britain’s work landscape

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With Global Workplace Analytics (GWA) finding that allowing employees to telecommute even half the time would save companies at least £7000 per employee per year, and numerous studies illustrating the widespread benefits of a diverse workforce, three women in particular have had the chance to reflect on the evolution of working life in the UK. […]

Devon triumphs with 4 winners at Venus Awards National Finals

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The National Venus Awards, now in its third year, celebrated the success of its national winners for 2016 with regional winners, as well as associate, regional and national sponsors, guests and supporters in the beautiful surroundings of the Hampshire-based Hand-Picked Audley Woods Hotel on 7 July. The Venus Awards National Finals saw 70 regional winners […]

Women less likely to talk about success than men

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Research by LinkedIn looked at how people around the globe talk about success at work. It found that women find it more difficult to tout their achievements than men – and that may be holding them back. According to a report by The Telegraph, the survey reveals that 42% of women in the UK find […]

Santander named as a top employer for women

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Santander has been recognised as a leader in workplace gender equality by being named a Top 50 Employer for Women in 2016. In their sixth year, The Times Top 50 Employers for Women 2016 awards are published as a partnership between The Times and Business in the Community (BITC), the Prince of Wales’s Responsible Business […]

Research shows women ‘hugely outnumbered’ on boards

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A new report from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) shows that fewer than half of companies have increased the number of women on their boards. The research reveals that despite a recent push to get more women in UK boardrooms, only 47% actually placed more females in top-level positions over the 2012/12 to […]

Employers need to take action to tackle gender inequality

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As the consultation closes on the Government’s draft gender pay reporting regulations today, new research findings based on a survey of more than 1,000 employers and HR professionals show that a minority of organisations currently conduct any gender pay analysis, as well as the limited action being taken by employers to address the causes of […]

Inspirational tips for International Women’s Day

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Today is International Women’s Day, a time to celebrate the successes of the female gender. To mark the occasion, Rosetta Stone’s President of Global Enterprise and Education Judy Verses presents her top tips for succeeding in a male-dominated business world. “There are more opportunities for women in the workplace today than ever before,” she says. […]

Getting more women in work could increase GDP by 9%

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New research shows that the UK is missing out on up to £170bn worth of economic benefits by not having enough females in employment. PwC’s annual Women in Work Index shows that the UK could boost its GDP by 9% (£170 billion) if it could increase the number of women in work to match that […]

Celebrating women in business

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Since 1911 when the first International Women’s Day was held, women all around the world have both celebrated their economic, political and social achievements and campaigned for parity. Now, more than 100 years on and as we prepare to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March – what exactly has changed and what is the […]