Olderpreneurs on the rise: over-55s start 63% more businesses than 10 years ago

Monday, 21 August 2017 Eric Johansson

Research from Barclays has revealed that far from taking it easy in the run-up to retirement, more baby boomers are launching new enterprises than they did a decade ago

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Major UK companies pledge to hire more workers over 50

Wednesday, 24 May 2017 Eric Johansson

Big British businesses like Boots and Barclays are set to introduce a “silver quota” to harness the talent of the country’s older workforce

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Femininity is not your weakness

Wednesday, 17 May 2017 Frances Dickens

Following a social-media experiment into how male and female scientists are treated on Twitter, Frances Dickens argues women shouldn’t hide their femininity in order to be taken seriously

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How a fear of getting out of their comfort zone is the biggest hurdle for female entrepreneurs

Wednesday, 08 March 2017 Eric Johansson

A new survey from 99designs reveals some of the challenges facing female entrepreneurs

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A change is (still) gonna come

Wednesday, 21 June 2017 Frances Dickens

In her final column for us, Astus CEO Frances Dickens takes a look back at two years of progress in advancing the representation of women in British business

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Less than a third of people working at British VC firms are women

Tuesday, 23 May 2017 Eric Johansson

New research from Diversity VC has revealed that only an eighth of VC decision makers in the UK are female

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Could forcing firms to report on their gender pay gaps backfire?

Wednesday, 19 April 2017 Frances Dickens

Frances Dickens explores whether the effect of the new law requiring businesses to publish details of their gender pay gaps will be as progressive as is claimed

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