Author Archives: Bethan

Sexual Discrimination… is it affecting you?

A year on from the Equality Act  coming into force isn’t it a little ironic that the recent headlines have focused on the Prime minister, David Cameron having to apologise to two female MP’s with regards to his conduct towards them, … Continue 1 reading

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And the winner is…

We recently launched the Icon Women Survery 2011, to provide you with the opportunity to have your say on how we shape future Icon Women activity. As part of the survey there was a competition to win an exclusive advertising prize … Continue 1 reading

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Spotlight on Crozier Jones

The October First Friday networking event was kindly sponsored by Crozier Jones Accountants, so what better way to get to know who they are and how they might be able to help you. Tweet

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UK employees want more female managers according to Randstad research

The recent Randstad’s quarterly Workmonitor report of 400 UK workers has found that UK employees want their organisations to employee more female managers, to boost performance. Tweet

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Will the economic recovery be led by women?

Yesterday the Head of the World Bank Robert Zoellick in his opening statements called for a new focus for the world to sit up and take notice of women as a means of economic recovery. His two overarching themes were … Continue 1 reading

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Where to network in Doncaster?

It seems in business that there are natural cycles of networking activity over the course of the year. September and October is most definitely one of the high networking points in the business calendar. If you’re stuck for something different or looking to … Continue 1 reading

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Employees are damaging their health by sacrificing a holiday this year

Now summer has come to a close and people are getting back in to the networking scene, are you nice and refreshed from having a holiday? Or have you, like 42% of employees in the UK, skipped getting a break from … Continue 1 reading

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Yorkshire law firms Keeble Hawson and hlw join forces…

On the 1st October 2011 the two firms will merge to become “hlw Keeble Hawson”. This will take the merged firm up to 260 people strong across Sheffield, Leeds and Doncaster. Senior corporate partner, Rosemary Downs believes “We will be … Continue 1 reading

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