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An overview of Grant Thornton news in the UK:

Grant Thornton joins Stronger Together Leeds network Grant Thornton has joined Stronger Together Leeds City Region.
14 June 2024
The top professional services firms for gender equality in the UK The Times has named its list of the UK’s most inclusive employers. Among the top 50 firms were 18 from the professional services sector.
05 July 2023
Growth of women in mid-market management flat-lines Businesses around the world are struggling to live up to their commitments when it comes to offering equal opportunities to men and women in their workforce.
08 March 2023
8 consulting firms named as top employer for women Eight professional services firms have been named in the annual Top 50 Employers for Women in the UK, compiled by The Times and Business in the Community.
22 June 2022
Number of women in senior management positions reaches new high The number of women in senior management positions in UK businesses is at a record high, according to a new study. The figure is in line with the global average, which currently stands at 32%.
08 March 2022
Grant Thornton launches new Inclusion Advisory Board As the firm attempts to further improve its diversity and inclusion efforts, Grant Thornton has created a new Inclusion Advisory Board for its company.
06 January 2021
Seven professional services firms offering top social mobility in UK A new ranking of UK employers has revealed that some of the professional services sector’s biggest players offer recruits the best opportunities for social mobility in the country.
12 November 2020
27 consulting firms sign Race at Work Charter An array of consulting firms have signed up to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, an initiative that aims to improve outcomes for Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) employees in
05 November 2020
Companies resist quotas despite slow gender diversity progress Despite progress on gender balance in senior levels of global businesses proceeding at a snail’s pace, corporate entities remain hostile to regulation or diversity quotas.
16 August 2019
Grant Thornton UK CEO faces cultural pushback ahead of election Grant Thornton’s UK Chief Executive has reportedly been criticised by a collective of the firm’s Partners.
01 October 2018
'One step forward, one step back' for gender diversity in leadership Empowering women to become leaders in sometimes male dominated business environments – is no easy task.
24 July 2018
Six in ten business leaders do not think diversity is 'important' Businesses can benefit significantly from a more diverse workforce, yet progress towards that end goal remains slow.
21 February 2018
Glass ceiling remains as UK director positions less than quarter female Diversity outcomes continues to fall short across UK top business, while corporate diversity policies are becoming increasingly vague, disguising the lack of improvement in board representation.
08 December 2017
CEOs Olly Benzecry and Sacha Romanovitch in Advisory Group of IEP Olly Benzecry, managing director of Accenture UK & Ireland, and Sacha Romanovitch, chief executive of Grant Thornton UK, have joined leaders from business and civil society organisations to launch th
21 September 2017
Women remain underrepresented in senior and strategic management Women continue to find themselves poorly represented in senior management roles, particularly those with strategic command.
10 March 2017
Grant Thornton celebrates the success of social mobility measures Social mobility remains an issue in the UK, with many of society’s top roles filled by those from a background of privilege.
26 September 2016
East European history creates gender balance in business The global average number of women within mid-market company senior management remains relatively low at 24%, while 33% had no women at all in senior management.
10 March 2016
Lack of female leaders costs US, UK and India $655 billion The domination of men in executive boards comes with a massive opportunity cost to corporates and society, reveals a new study by Grant Thornton.
05 October 2015
Culture impacts strategy and corporate governance Board members remain a key source of cultural influence within corporate entities, a recent Grant Thornton report highlights.
24 August 2015
16 advisors in Most Powerful Women in the City list City A.M's most recent ‘Women in the City powerlist’, which presents an overview of the most important women in London’s financial hub on social media, contains 20 female advisors, of which 16 work at
17 August 2015
Eastern Europe leads the way for women to the top Eastern European countries are leading the way in appointing female top executives, research by Grant Thornton shows, with Russia, where 40% of senior management roles are held by women, leading the
23 March 2015

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