In a first of its kind report from Proud Ventures, data reveals that 75% of LGBTQ+ founders don't reveal either their sexuality or gender identity in the workplace, highlighting the scale of the problem.
08.02.2023
Work can be satisfying and fulfilling, but persistent inequalities prevent many people from achieving their full potential and enjoying the same benefits and opportunities as their peers.
07.02.2023
Despite recent headlines, the UK’s tech sector remains robust. In 2022 alone, UK-based tech companies raised near-record levels of funding (£24B), and received more venture capital investment than any other European country.
07.02.2023
In recent years, the role of the community manager within UK startups has become increasingly important. A community manager acts as a liaison between a company and the wider public, managing interactions with the customer base, building relationships, and developing customer loyalty.
31.01.2023
As part of our quick fire questions series – or QFQs – we spoke to Michael Boham, founder of Skillsize about helping businesses optimise and manage their recruitment, building a collaborative and risk-taking culture and using AI to align organisations with their strategies.
31.01.2023
It’s normal to assume that if you keep your head down, hit your targets and continue to work hard career progression will automatically happen. Unfortunately, that’s the professional equivalent of thinking your perfect partner will one day knock on your front door with a view to living happily ever after. It’s just not going to happen.
24.01.2023
Six major UK employers have become the first organisations to sign a commitment to help armed forces veterans and their partners find meaningful employment in technology and digital roles after leaving the military.
23.01.2023
You often hear managers say that they want to recruit people who will ‘fit in’ with the team. And leaders often extol the benefits of having ‘alignment’ – everyone heading in the same direction. Both these notions are misguided. Teams that fit well together and are fully aligned work in the same direction but the trouble is that they often think in the same direction.
18.01.2023
There is much to be admired about the new world of work. Not least the opportunity to make geography history in the sea change around where workers work. But, they say, the battle between good and evil runs through us all! Now, the new bad that has emerged in the hybrid world is proximity bias.
18.01.2023
Work trends have rapidly changed across the world, post-pandemic. How and where people choose to work now or in the future is and will be radically different from how it used to be a few years ago. Labour markets across all sectors have undergone drastic shifts in terms of talent requirements and demands, as businesses across the board increasingly accelerate the adoption of automation and emerging technologies.
17.01.2023
Whilst this position may sound like it’s straight out of The White House, it’s becoming increasingly common at UK tech firms and startups – could it be your next role?
17.01.2023
With continued slow growth in tech, investors will more readily scrutinise startups and deploy capital at a slower pace. Startups are therefore likely to curtail their growth, resulting in more layoffs and business consolidation.
16.01.2023
There’s really nothing like the feeling of being promoted at work. All that hard work, finally recognised–your time in the trenches is at an end, and you’re being elevated to a position worthy of your skills and commitment.
10.01.2023
People who doubt their abilities to the point they sometimes feel they don’t deserve to have the role they have landed suffer from “imposter syndrome.” A recent Harvard business review survey canvased Fortune 500 CEOs and found that 95% of them had suffered at times from imposter syndrome, or feeling they would be ‘found out’ that they weren’t up to the job.
04.01.2023