Women In Business
The Parliamentary Information Office of the Parliamentary Yearbook has been
following closely the Government’s drive to increase the proportion of women in
British boardrooms and will be publishing the results in the next edition
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Women In Business
The Parliamentary Information Office of the Parliamentary Yearbook has been
following closely the Government’s drive to increase the proportion of women in
British boardrooms and will be publishing the results in the next edition
In February this year David Cameron warned that the lack of women in Britain s boardrooms
is holding back the country s economic recovery.
The Prime Minister said there was clear
evidence to signal that ending Britain s male-dominated business culture would improve
economic performance.
At present, just 15% of FTSE 100 directors are women.
In the last year, 27% of board-level appointments at FTSE 100 companies have gone to
female applicants, but one in ten of Britain s biggest firms still have all-male boards.
A Government-commissioned report last year said quotas should be imposed unless top
firms acted to increase the number of women on their boards to at least one in four by 2015.
Mr Cameron pledged to learn lessons from Nordic and Ba
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