22 February, 2021
Diversity milestone as FTSE 350 bids farewell to all-male boards (again)
A significant milestone has been reached in the journey to increase diversity in UK boardrooms: all-male boards in the FTSE 350 have disappeared. The news comes after a count by the 30% Club, a gro...
19 February, 2021
AIM and FTSE SMC companies lag behind larger firms on diversity
All-white boards are unlikely to disappear from smaller listed companies for years, according to a new report. Research into the progress of women and ethnic minority directors across the AIM UK 50...
19 February, 2021
Is it inevitable that the FTSE 350 is ahead on boardroom diversity?
Company Matters’ report, released this week, into diversity on FTSE SmallCap (SMC) and AIM listed company boards shows a familiar picture. Compellingly summarised in its own title
6 January, 2021
CEO pay: FTSE 100 bosses earn median annual wage in 34 hours
Today is the day the average FTSE 100 chief executive will have earned as much as a worker on median pay makes in a year. In fact the
6 October, 2020
LGIM says it’s ‘time for action’ to boost ethnic diversity on boards
With progress made on gender diversity, one of the UK’s biggest investors is switching its focus to ethnic diversity on boards. Legal and General Investment Management (LGIM) has written to nomin...
24 September, 2020
Gender diversity on boards pays dividends—but inequality persists
Some of the UK’s biggest companies stand accused of failing to reach gender board diversity targets in circumstances that could seriously damage both organisational reputations, and the opportunitie...
24 August, 2020
Why is there a progress gap between FTSE gender and ethnicity targets?
This year we just reached the Hampton–Alexander Review’s target for female directors in the FTSE 350; next year, we are very much on course to badly miss the Parker Review’s target for directors...
2 March, 2020
FTSE firms given written warning over gender diversity
Almost a fifth of FTSE 350 companies begin work this week wondering how they will address a lack of gender diversity on their boards and in their senior management.
6 February, 2020
Parker Review reveals slow progress on ethnic minority appointments
Britain’s largest companies are failing to appoint members from ethnic minority groups, according to the latest iteration of the Parker Review. This year’s report, compiled by Sir John Parker, ...
9 July, 2019
