All Diversity and Inclusion articles – Page 12
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Comment and Opinion
Wholesale empowerment of women
Women are reluctant to put themselves forward. In my experience, they often wait to be asked for promotions and pay rises
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News
Julie Dunn becomes first female SWA president
Dunn succeeds Booker’s Eddie Lynagh as president…
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News
East of England Co-op marks women business leaders with photo
The portrait celebrated women who were helping to lead the future of food and drink production..
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News
Lineup of leading women to speak at wholesale conference
Positive female role models will be highlighted at the Women in Wholesale event at the British Library on 19 October
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News
Women in Wholesale report calls for gender diversity action
Research conducted by Him! found a lack of flexible working was the main challenge for women
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Comment and Opinion
Time for a new approach to recruiting young grocery talent
An Vermeulen of CCEP explains why her company increasingly uses apprenticeships to recruit new starters
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Comment and Opinion
Women in fmcg must be bold for change
Propercorn’s Cassandra Stavrou reflects on International Women’s Day and how fmcg can encourage more women to be ‘bold for change’
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News
Sainsbury's kicks off 'autism-friendly' trial in Liverpool
Staff have received training from community enterprise Autism Adventures to enable them to provide specialist assistance
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Comment and Opinion
The Power List reveals a stark lack of women
Sir, Women make up the majority of folks who shop for food & drink in Britain
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News
Tesco trials 'quiet hour' to help autistic shoppers
During the quiet hour there was no packing of shelves, the lights in the store were dimmed and escalators turned off
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Comment and Opinion
Careers advice should take non-academic people into account
The challenge is changing the way we view education and success, says executive coach Jennifer Baker
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News
FWD launches fund for women in wholesale industry
The FWD hopes to reach a 50/50 balance in the number of awards given to men and women by 2018
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Comment and Opinion
Flexible hiring: is grocery missing a trick?
It’s time for grocery retail to be bolder when it comes to offering staff more flexible working options, says careers coach Joanna Jacobs
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Comment and Opinion
‘Thinking diversely’: why a new approach will be good for business
Mars’ new ad for Maltesers shows how diversity can be done well
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Comment and Opinion
Get ready for gender pay gap scrutiny
Paving a clearer and more accessible path towards the top for women in the workplace is still a very real problem, says Shirley Hall of Eversheds
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Comment and Opinion
“Bloody difficult” or not, we need more women in positions of executive power
If politics can make proper, meaningful progress, then I see no reason why business can’t do much, much better
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Comment and Opinion
Drive gender diversity says Andrew Higginson of Morrisons
The view that gender diversity leads to better business results is one I have witnessed first hand and agree with, says Morrisons chairman Andrew Higginson
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Comment and Opinion
Philip Hampton has a tough job, but an important one: fmcg needs women
It’s ironic the government is seemingly unable to find a suitable woman to take on the role of business equality tsar