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    • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
      Media
      Media have big responsibility in the age of global warming

      The role of journalists in the climate crisis goes beyond holding companies and governments to account

    • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
      ObituaryBrenda Trenowden
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      Under her leadership, 30 per cent female representation on FTSE 100 corporate boards was achieved

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      Advice & Comment
      How to make sustainable investing work

      Amid the storm around ESG, impact investing offers a way forward

    • Monday, 1 November, 2021
      Climate change
      Greater private investment is essential to tackle the climate crisis

      Achieving a just transition to meet the world’s energy demands must be a collective effort

    • Monday, 31 August, 2020
      ObituaryBarbara Judge
      Lady Barbara Judge, 1946-2020

      Advocate for women’s rights whose career spanned law, banking, regulation and nuclear industry

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      A shift in response to partner abuse focuses on perpetrator rather than victim

    • Wednesday, 11 March, 2020
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      Addressing the coronavirus outbreak is not the only area essential to national wellbeing

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      Companies seeking to promote sustainability deliver better returns over the long term

    • Sunday, 17 March, 2019
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    • Friday, 8 March, 2019
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      New book examines how gender bias in statistics has led to death and exclusion for women

    • Monday, 25 February, 2019
      News in-depthBrexit
      Small businesses steel themselves for no-deal Brexit

      Strategies vary widely but companies are united in calling for more information

    • Tuesday, 12 February, 2019
      UK business & economy
      Brexit delay will serve no purpose, PM tells business

      Statement on conference call met with horror and insistence no-deal be taken off table

    • Friday, 8 February, 2019
      Brexit
      Moving from free trade to WTO terms alarms exporters

      Companies with markets outside EU fear prices of goods will more than double

    • Wednesday, 6 February, 2019
      Brexit
      Business expresses fury at UK failure to roll over EU trade deals

      Confidential briefing hears government cannot guarantee rollover of most current EU FTAs

    • Wednesday, 6 February, 2019
      Inside BusinessGender pay gap
      Men’s pay packets at the top of banks are still out of whack

      The mean gender pay gap at UK lenders is 35 per cent and it is 52 per cent for bonuses

    • Monday, 4 February, 2019
      Brexit
      May taps business leaders to help push EU compromise on Brexit

      PM reassures European executives that she will deliver agreement by deadline

    • Wednesday, 30 January, 2019
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      Businesses express frustration over May plan to rewrite Brexit deal

      Companies say continuing uncertainty is damaging the UK economy

    • Wednesday, 30 January, 2019
      Institute of Directors UK
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      Stephen Martin’s decision follows a period of turmoil at the UK business lobby group

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      More than 70% of FTSE 350 company secretaries predict damage from Brexit

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      IoD’s new chair seeks to revive troubled institute

      Charlotte Valeur determined to address falling membership and internal strife

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      Brexit
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      Lobbyists say no point in delaying EU exit without change in MPs’ position

    • Wednesday, 16 January, 2019
      Brexit
      Hammond raises Article 50 delay to reassure business over Brexit

      ‘Parliament’s pantomime’ greeted with corporate fury as no-deal messages from ministers clash 

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      House of Lords
      The British aristocracy must solve its Downton Abbey problem

      Five daughters of peers are demanding the right to be elected to the House of Lords

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