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Flexi working & Shared Parental Leave

Accelerating Gender Equality in Business, Diageo style

What does the business world need to do to accelerate change and get women involved at senior ranks? This was the vexing question asked at a panel discussion organised by drinks company Diageo earlier this week. It is an interesting time to ask this question. In 2019, women headed up the European Central Bank and

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Flexi working & Shared Parental Leave

Modern Families Index: Are parents ‘always on’?

Technology is a funny old thing. On the one hand it has empowered many, many people to work flexibly and fit economic activity around family life. As the recent 2020 Modern Families Index shows, however, technology has also blurred the lines between work and family life. Many working parents are ‘always on’ and this is

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Flexi working & Shared Parental Leave

The importance of having mum friends: reflections on Flexpo 2019

Mum friends. It’s a phrase I hear often. Mums will often talk about how they appreciate the support of their mum friends and how they couldn’t get by without them. The subject of mum friends came up last week when I took part in a panel discussion at the Flexpo flexible working event at Sandown

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Summer camp: The secret to a stress free summer holiday?

After a week of seeing other parents on the school run and my social media channels getting bunged up with back to school pics, my own offspring have now returned to school. The 2019 school summer break is over. Several weeks of living in a messier-than-usual house, with the kitchen being repeatedly raided by hungry

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Combining childcare with co-working: Q&A with Shazia Mustafa of Third Door

Speaking from personal experience, childcare is one of the biggest considerations for any working parent. Back in the days when I was a salary-man, Mrs Adams and I relied heavily on childcare for our eldest daughter and since our youngest daughter started school, I have struggled to find flexible childcare to fit around the gig-economy

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