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Thursday, August 25, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Thought Leadership
| Tags: business,
statistics,
research,
infographic,
women in business,
data,
women,
IBR,
board,
gender,
International Business Report,
diversity,
female,
map
‘Improve your organisation by helping more women to get into top jobs’ – this was the message sent out to UK business by the Home Office last month. So how does the UK compare to its neighbours, emerging economies and the global average when it comes to employing women in senior jobs in the workplace? We review the global statistics and rankings.
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Tuesday, March 08, 2011 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Women in business
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
statistics,
research,
women in business,
CEO,
women,
IBR,
success,
boardroom,
board,
gender,
management,
equality,
database,
international business report,
senior management,
PHBs
Today marks the 100th International Women’s Day but it seems there’s still much to strive for when it comes to equality in business, as new Grant Thornton figures reveal the proportion of women in senior management has fallen back to 2004 levels.
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Wednesday, March 31, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Infographic,
Thought Leadership,
Women in business
| Tags: business,
entrepreneurs,
statistics,
Ros Simmons,
research,
infographic,
women in business,
data,
CEO,
chart,
women,
IBR,
boardroom,
management,
senior management,
PHBs,
discrimination
How many women made the C-Suite last year? Which countries are currently topping the list for employing female senior-level female executives? Find out in
Grant Thornton’s latest infographic, which maps figures from 24 countries. On a shocking note, neither the UK nor the US even makes the top 20…
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Monday, February 15, 2010 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector,
Technology sector
| Tags: women,
boardroom,
iPad,
presentations,
Apple,
Steve Jobs,
CEOs,
branding,
franchises,
pitching,
mumpreneurs
Read our monthly roundup of popular business stories from the web.
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Wednesday, December 30, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
Categories:
Media sector
| Tags: innovation,
business,
entrepreneurs,
links,
recession,
growth,
women in business,
CEO,
Twitter,
women,
Richard Branson,
charity,
social media,
equality,
iawards,
Deborah Meaden,
Michael Birch,
Nude Tech Calendar,
Bebo,
Dragons’ Den
What are the most popular stories in business this month? From the London entrepreneurs who are stripping for charity to a mission to find the UK’s next big business, here’s what the Elevate team has been reading about this month…
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 | Posted by: Fiona Cullinan
| Tags: Ros Simmons,
women,
income,
VIE,
Diary,
Entrepreneur's Diary
For the next 12 weeks, we’ll be following two entrepreneurs – one male, one female – as they go about their work, delving behind the scenes of CEO life and seeing how they deal with the challenges of steering a business through the recession. First up is our female entrepreneur, Ros Simmons, co-owner of direct sales company
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Thursday, June 04, 2009 | Posted by: Grant Thornton
Categories:
Thought Leadership,
Women in business
| Tags: women,
income,
boardroom,
international business report
A rise of only 1% from 2007 meant that just 66% of privately held businesses (PHBs) in the UK have women in the boardroom, according to the latest research from Grant Thornton.
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