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Embracing Disability Inclusion: Opening up opportunities for business growth
Ahead of our Global Conference 2024, kindly sponsored by HSBC, Carolanne Minashi, Global Head of Inclusion at HSBC, shares some of the steps her organisation took to nurture disabled employees…
Learning disability: shifting the dial on employment
Our CEO Diane Lightfoot discusses what employers can do to include people with learning disabilities into their teams. Identity means very different things to different people and it can change…
We’re all going on a summer holiday (and allergies won’t stop us): Supporting customers with food sensitivities
Good weather has finally arrived and the 2024 summer holiday season is in full swing. As UK and overseas hospitality venues fill up, a new factsheet from disability inclusion charity,…
We’re all going on a summer holiday (and allergies won’t stop us)
To coincide with the publication of our new food sensitivities factsheet for businesses, Business Disability Forum’s Project Manager Vicky Harker, shares her experience of travelling with a child with multiple…
Will AI benefit disabled people? New podcast series debates
Should Artificial Intelligence (AI) be feared or welcomed by disabled people? This is the topic for discussion in the first episode of a new podcast series launched by Business Disability…
Why disability pay gap reporting may not lead to increasing employment opportunities for disabled people
Angela Matthews, Director of Policy and Research here at BDF, assesses the Bill presented in the King’s Speech yesterday which could see disability pay gap reporting become mandatory for employers…
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