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The UK’s 50 most inclusive employers have been revealed.  Announced at the prestigious 2023 Inclusive Awards on Tuesday December 5 the 2023 Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers Index (IT50 List) ranks businesses which have shown consistency in encompassing all types of diversity throughout their whole organisation. Compiled by Inclusive Companies and now in its eighth year, the IT50 List is …Read More »

Sean Fletcher is a journalist and TV presenter on ITV’s Good Morning Britain and the BBC’s Countryfile, Sunday Morning Live and Songs of Praise. Sean recently created and fronted a Channel 4 documentary called Britain’s Secret War Babies, which helped the mixed-race children of Black American GIs and white British women during the Second World War find their families in …Read More »

To mark Black History Month specifically ‘Celebrating our Sisters’, I spoke to Dr Heather Melville OBE about her incredible journey that has seen her go from being a teenage mother, to landing her first job straight from school by impressing the work-experience team, rising through the ranks of leading UK banks, to being headhunted by a number of FTSE 100 …Read More »

October sees Black History Month return and with it the chance for businesses to celebrate Black culture and bring a fresh focus and their inclusivity of Black colleagues. Black History Month has been celebrated in the UK for over 30 years. Yet, it is only relatively recently that we have seen it take a prominent position within some workplaces sadly …Read More »

An astonishing 90,000 people were nominated this year and the results are finally in for the 12th National Diversity Awards (NDA) with 120 nominees recognised for their various achievements nationwide. As in previous years, the nominees are extraordinarily diverse. Group nominations range from a safe space transgender network to an inclusive yoga app. Meanwhile, individual nominees include a mother raising …Read More »

We are well into Pride month and it’s great to be able to say that all over the UK people have the opportunity to celebrate who they are, their sexuality and relationships, and what it means to them. Pride has come a long way over the past 50 years. No longer about a specific group of people, it’s an opportunity …Read More »

There is a huge need for society to shake off the necessity to label every one of us. This may seem a little contradictive of me to say, given the fact that Inclusive Companies asks many different business’ to complete surveys requesting their data about a great number of protected groups? Where would the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List …Read More »

Rolls-Royce has formed a new partnership with STEM Returners to help engineers get back to work after a career break. As part of their continued drive to enhance inclusion, the organisation’s defence division will offer a STEM Returners programme at its site near Bristol where candidates will be involved in projects including Tempest, which is developing the next generation of …Read More »

A Q & A with Wayne Brown, Chief Fire Officer at West Midlands Fire Service West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) recently achieved the top position in the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers List (IT50). Having placed every year since the List’s inception in 2016, WMFS has made large steps in each subsequent year before achieving the top accolade for 2022, …Read More »

Great strides have been made within UK organisations with respect to diversity.  Yet full inclusion remains far off as without equity there isn’t a true sense of belonging.  True equity means that there is no need for Inclusive Companies to be doing its work and to be publishing its IT50 List: that goal remains over the horizon on a journey …Read More »

Greater Diversity Does Not Necessarily Bring Greater Equity Thoughts on the Parker Review It’s difficult, isn’t it? How do we know how well we are doing if we don’t set targets? To what do we aspire if there is no clear target at which to aim? I’m all for targets as a positive step towards inclusion. But they must be …Read More »

Paul Sesay, CEO and founder of Inclusive Companies (www.inclusivecompanies.co.uk) “We welcome the annual Parker Review and it’s great to see the progress being made year-on-year. The new target for FTSE 350 companies and Top 50 private businesses is also welcome but why stop there? EVERY organisation should be addressing this.” “Without equity, representation has no value. We need to be …Read More »

While leading employers show inspiration in inclusivity, alarm bells should be ringing as report reveals: Age networks FALL to 41% within organisations 60% of companies report fewer than 50% female employees LGBT+ representation is the least reported data at Executive Board level West Midlands Fire Service, Capgemini and Touchstone are leading the way as the UK’s most inclusive employers, reveals …Read More »

The 2023 Inclusive Awards – organised by Inclusive Companies – are open for entries. Returning for the 9th year, the Awards comprise eight categories that recognise and celebrate individuals and organisations who have excelled in their commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. Set to shine a light on inclusion, the Inclusive Awards entries are assessed by a truly diverse and …Read More »

“We’re here – but should we have come?” The irrepressible Richard Ayoade uses this catchphrase at the start of each of his Travel Man episodes and it strikes me as rather apt when considering the experiences of a great many in the workplace.  Let me explain. There are people who, not very long ago, would have struggled to get a …Read More »

With the New Year nicely underway, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the great strides made last year in terms of inclusion and diversity in the workplace. Speeding the wide range of work and successes that came out of the past year was the fact we were finally able to meet up together again.  Joining massively well …Read More »