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Episode 3 We know there’s a gender pay gap, we know that the average gap is 11.9% in UK businesses over 250 people – but why are we not seeing more improvement? Why do women lose when it comes to bonuses? And when can a low gender pay gap be a bad thing? This episode’s panel holds nothing back. Find out why LGIM’s Dame Helena Morrisey believes that men having more life choices is key to women’s equal pay; why Liz Benison, the MD of Arriva, likens women self-selecting out the system to skiing in a whiteout; why the ICAEW’s Dr Jane Berney thinks that quotas are not a good thing (whi...

A participant wears a rosette as she takes part in a march to celebrate 100 years since women were granted the vote, in London on June 10, 2018. Thousands of women gathered Sunday to turn British cities into rivers of green, white and violet to mark 100 years since the first U.K. women won the right to vote. Part artwork, part parade, "Processions" will see women march through London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast clad in the colors of the suffragette movement that fought for women's right to vote. Half of UK Women Say Progress on Gender Equality Is in Reverse Because of COVID-19

1 March 2021 • 12:01am A hairdresser at work in Vienna, but April 12 is the earliest salons may open in England Credit: LISI NIESNER/REUTERS SIR – We are concerned that the fiscal impact of the Government’s lockdown measures on women is being overlooked. The virus has taken its toll on a great many people in Britain, but a significant number of female employers, entrepreneurs and employees are being affected – and the damage could take decades to repair. More women than men work in sectors that have shut down. Mothers are almost 50 per cent more likely than fathers to have lost their...

'Annie' describes the impact of juggling full-time work with three children at home.

Euro zone fourth-quarter GDP falls less than expected, another fall seen in first-quarter Published 2 months ago By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone economy contracted less than expected in the fourth quarter of 2020 amid pandemic-induced lockdowns, initial EU estimates showed on Tuesday, but it is heading for another, probably steeper decline in the first quarter of this year. The European Union’s statistics office Eurostat said that according to its preliminary flash estimate, gross domestic product in the 19 countries sharing the euro fell by 0.7% quarter-on-quarter...