One and All Bulletin
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January 13th, 2012
Sports Stars and Depression
In this Bulletin we look at the side of sport that usually doesn’t get reported, with sportsmen talking about their struggles with depression. We also highlight the Time to Change anti stigma campaign run by the leading mental health charities Mind and Rethink Mental Illness which encourages people to talk openly about mental health. Sports stars and their fight…
January 6th, 2012
Spotlight on Dyslexia and the Hospitality Industry
Many people who are dyslexics have gone on to have successful careers within Hospitality. In fact many ‘fall into’ Hospitality in general, and become a chef in particular, as other careers more demanding of paper qualifications are effectively closed to them. In this article we focus on the experiences of Marco Pierre White and Stephen…
December 14th, 2011
Are London’s hotels and attractions sufficiently hearing loss aware?
With the Olympics and Paralympics only a few months away it is more important than ever that the Hospitality industry in London has the right service levels and training in place to deal with disabled visitors to the Games. Campaigners at Action on Hearing Loss have both produced a report following a ‘mystery tourist’…
November 25th, 2011
Breaking the racial ‘ceiling’ in banking and sports
Once again we find ourselves being supportive of Nick Clegg’s campaign for greater social mobility. In his Scarman lecture, held 30 years after the Brixton riots, he said that banks and football clubs should do more to offer opportunities to ethnic minorities. He went on to say: “The real lesson from the last 30 years…
November 4th, 2011
Women on Boards
As it is six months since the Davies Report on ‘Women on Boards’ we look at the progress made. Women on Boards Anthony Hilton in the Evening Standard wrote a slightly tongue in cheek article about why men of a certain age build up a portfolio of Non Executive Director roles, thereby limiting such opportunities…
October 13th, 2011
Accessing the disabled market
Using the web to communicate to disabled people can be a cost effective way to market your facilities and services to a significant proportion of the population. We look at the importance of preparing an Access Statement for people with access needs and then making it readily available, online and in email and leaflet forms.…
October 5th, 2011
Diversity Issues raised by the State of the Nation Report 2011
People 1st have just produced their excellent State of the Nation Report for 2011 on the UK hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism industries. As the report points out it is the third largest sector for workforce size employs 2.1 million people across the UK, accounting for 7.2 percent of the total working population. This summary…
August 1st, 2011
The Queen Bee; a dying breed?
Continuing our series highlighting different areas of discussion that have come to the fore recently, we look at various recent events involving Women in Business. The Queen Bee; a dying breed? “Female bosses get a bad rap. There’s even a word for them. No, not that word. I am talking about the term “queen bee”.…
July 1st, 2011
Perceived Career Roadblocks for Women in Hospitality
Continuing our series highlighting different areas of discussion that have come to the fore recently, we look at various recent events and surveys involving Women in Business. Perceived Career Roadblocks for Women in Hospitality Breakfast Briefing on 21st June In a Breakfast Briefing Debrah Dhugga, General Manager of the Dukes Hotel, Alison Frith , Owner…
May 13th, 2011
London: Bric capital of the world?
Continuing our series highlighting different areas of discussion that have come to the fore recently, we look at the surprising continuing strength of London as a global city London: Bric capital of the world?. One of the themes of this newsletter is that Diversity is important not just because of the obvious social justice of…
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