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Business News Wales
24-06-2025
- Business
- Business News Wales
The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 Announced
Business in the Community (BITC), The King's Responsible Business Network, has announced The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025. The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality is the UK's most highly profiled and well-established listing of employers taking action to create workplaces where everyone, regardless of gender, can thrive. The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality annual awards process recognises employers that are demonstrating their commitment to embedding gender equality into all levels of their organisations and are challenging others to follow their example. Applicants are examined on the policies and cultural interventions they have put in place to ensure gender equality, including addressing pay disparities, ensuring progression, offering flexible working and family-friendly policies, and tackling sexual harassment. While many employers are working to ensure workplace gender equality, this year the results indicate that more businesses are proactive when it comes to sexual harassment and are working hard to develop inclusive cultures. However, flexible working is becoming more challenging for many businesses. Additionally, policies that support parents, carers and specific groups of women still need to improve. It says that businesses must address these risks and the slow pace of change, adopting proven measures to drive greater gender equity, taking action by: Embedding flexible working, proven to lead to a more inclusive working world Ensuring equitable support for parents and carers in the workplace, regardless of gender or who they provide care for Enhancing transparency around pay – including salary details on job adverts and being clear about how rewards are set Taking active, dedicated efforts to surface and address the ongoing issue of sexual harassment Ensuring an intersectional approach, collecting data and addressing the barriers faced by different groups of women in the workforce (i.e. women in low paid roles) BITC's gender equality campaign focuses on equality for all genders and those who do not identify as a gender. Kieran Harding, Acting Chief Executive of Business in the Community, said: 'The businesses that have achieved Top 50 status in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality this year have demonstrated their unwavering commitment to championing gender equality as a priority for their organisation. 'Now, more than ever, employers must continue to take action on gender equality creating workplaces where employees reach their true potential. Success in a changing and volatile world demands diverse, inclusive organisations where all can contribute and thrive. Progress on gender equality isn't just 'good for women' and wider society, it's vital for business and its bottom line. 'Congratulations to the businesses that have made the list this year. I encourage every business to continue working hard on gender equality and to work with Business in the Community to inspire and challenge others to make progress too.' The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2025 are: A&O Shearman AB Agri Addleshaw Goddard LLP Anglo American AtkinsRéalis Atos Group Aviva Bain & Company Capgemini Capital One UK CBRE Centrica CityFibre Close Brothers Group Plc Deloitte Deutsche Bank Emerald Publishing Limited Eversheds Sutherland Fidelity International Grant Thornton UK LLP Hachette UK Jacobs Kellanova KPMG Linklaters Lloyds Banking Group Marsh Limited Mercer Morgan Stanley Mott MacDonald National Grid NatWest Nestlé UK&I Norton Rose Fulbright Ofcom PA Consulting PepsiCo Pinsent Masons LLP PwC Ramboll Shell UK Simmons and Simmons LLP Skyscanner Sodexo Tesco Stores Ltd TLT LLP Virgin Media O2 Vodafone UK Westminster City Council Worldline IT Services UK Limited
BBC News
19-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Cliftonville takeover 'momentous occasion'
Cliftonville chairman Kieran Harding said that the impending takeover from the Toronto Investment Group [TIG] is a "momentous occasion" for the club members voted to accept a takeover proposal from the TIG at an extraordinary general meeting on Wednesday the legalities of the takeover by the Canadian consortium are still to be finalised, Harding believes it is a hugely significant step for the club."The members recognised the need for investment in the club to be able to compete," Harding told BBC's Sportsound programme."It was a momentous occasion, but it is with a heavy heart, we have always been a members club and that was a challenge for many of our members, but they knew we had to move with the times."It is testament to them and their vision that they have accepted the proposal." 'They have made a long-term commitment to the club' Harding explained that the Canadian consortium will own 90% of the club whilst the members will have a 10% stake as the group were keen to let the members have a "voice" in the running of the he was unable to disclose how much money TIG are investing in the north Belfast side, he said it was "certainly millions"."They're a group from Canada and one is from Northern Ireland, Conor Devine, who played for Cliftonville and Dungannon," Harding added."The guys in Canada are huge businesspeople who have an interest in sport in Canada and beyond. "It's a long-term commitment they have made to the club; they want to transform the club as much as they can and that will start by transitioning into full-time football and how we can redevelop the ground and improve facilities."Harding hopes that the Reds' move to full-time football will take place over a number of years, but that plans for moving forward are still to be ratified."Over the next two to three years we will transition, but we haven't sat down yet with them to go through the detail of the timing of everything but that will take place next week."
