Read: Long term solutions needed to level up Britain
The biggest challenges on levelling up are that it’s a complex problem and to make progress requires sticking at solutions for the long term.
Read: The importance of procurement for levelling up
Procurement is not a term that usually ignites excitement but it is something that can really make a difference in the fight to level up Britain.
Read: Sodexo partners with Rt Hon Justine Greening to play a key role in levelling up
Food services and facilities management company Sodexo has partnered with former Education Secretary Justine Greening to play its role in levelling up Britain in the wake of COVID-19.
Read: First official national health index revealed
Wokingham has been named the healthiest place in England while Blackpool has been branded unhealthiest.
Read: A clear pathway for progression
With 6,000 locations and a workforce of tens of thousands of people in the UK and Ireland, Compass is in a unique position to influence social mobility.
Read: Aston University partners with the Social Mobility Pledge
Aston University has this week unveiled its new Opportunity Action Plan to increase access to higher education and career opportunities.
Read: Levelling up on the agenda for the House of Lords
Former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening appeared in front of the House of Lords Public Services Committee this week to give expert evidence to its inquiry into “levelling up”.
Read: Pennon Group commits to levelling up
Exeter-based water company Pennon Group has joined the Purpose Coalition, which brings together a growing number of businesses and universities who are leading the drive on Britain’s twin challenges of levelling up and reaching net zero.
Read: Firms put on notice by investors over climate and diversity
FTSE 350 companies that are not doing enough to improve diversity on their boards could face a shareholder revolt at their annual meetings this year.
Read: Aston University partners with former Education Secretary to close opportunity gap
Aston University has today unveiled a new action plan to increase access to higher education and career opportunities.
Read: To make a real difference, we need to define how we’re going to get there
We speak to Robbie Moore MP about the levelling up agenda, the importance of businesses and universities and what policy changes he would make to further spread opportunity.
Read: Welcome to Blyth, the home of Britain’s new giga-economy
This time next week a planning application for Britain’s first gigafactory will have been submitted to Northumberland county council.
Read: Law firms sign up to social mobility and Black interns initiatives
Fifteen City law firms have joined a partnership with the Social Mobility Pledge to offer opportunities to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Read: Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund demands more diversity
One of the world’s biggest investment groups will start to vote against companies with fewer than two women on the board this year. Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund said it would vote against directors on board nomination committees at such companies.
Read: Local solutions needed to close the digital divide
While there is no doubt that government must be the catalyst closing the digital divide, for greatest impact we must use local knowledge and resources.
Read: Britain's first fully hydrogen-fuelled homes being built in Gateshead as part of a government aim to reach net zero emissions by 2050
Britain's first fully hydrogen-fuelled homes being built in Gateshead. The Government hopes the homes will demonstrate the potential of hydrogen energy to help achieve the target of eliminating the UK's contribution to climate change by 2050.
Read: Social Mobility Pledge launches first sector-wide initiative to improve access and equal opportunities in the legal sector
Former Education Secretary Justine Greening is working with fifteen City of London Law Society (CLLS) member firms to develop an Opportunity Action plan for the legal sector, aimed at boosting social mobility in the profession.
Read: Young people can’t be what they can’t see
Connectivity provider Inmarsat puts satellites in space to keep the world connected but closer to home the organisation works alongside its local communities and provides STEM training in underprivileged schools.
Read: Levelling up through a civic health model
Spotlight on Dr Vivienne McVey and Virgin Care
Read: bp advances offshore wind growth strategy
This marks bp’s entry to the UK’s offshore wind power sector, currently the largest in the world, and is further progress towards bp rapidly building a world-class wind energy business.