


Positivity and innovation – the wisdom from the Disability Smart Awards 2025
Val Proctor, Media Relations Officer at Business Disability Forum (BDF), reflects on the impact of the Disability Smart Awards 2025, sponsored by Freshfields, on 29 April. Hosts Diane Lightfoot, BDF’s CEO, and Simon Minty, BDF ambassador, disability trainer and TV personality, closed last week’s Disability Smart Awards 2025 on a high note by chatting about…
Disability Smart Awards 2025: Winners announced
Organisations and individuals who are working to remove barriers and make the world more inclusive for disabled people were celebrated at Business Disability Forum’s Disability Smart Awards 2025 in London last night (29 April), sponsored by Freshfields. Now in its 11th year, the Disability Smart Awards is an annual event open to organisations of any…

Mandatory disability pay gap reporting: Unintended consequences found
Findings from a new report published by Business Disability Forum (18 March) show that mandatory disability workforce and disability pay gap reporting can have many unintended consequences for disabled employees. ‘Towards meaningful disability workforce and pay gap reporting – The challenges and unintended consequences’, also finds that while mandatory reporting is well-intentioned, reporting on numbers…





Disability Smart Awards 2025 finalists announced
Business Disability Forum has announced the finalists of its Disability Smart Awards 2025. These annual awards are a platform for showcasing the work of organisations, teams and individuals to help improve the life experiences of disabled people as employees and as consumers. 1 in 4 people in the UK has a disability and the estimated…
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