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In the latest instalment of our Disability-smart blog, Neil Milliken of Atos talks about using the Business Disability Forum's Accessibility Maturity Model and how it helped establish an international standard of practice for Atos offices in different countries.

London, UK: The future is already here and businesses must embrace technology so that changes include rather than exclude. 

Our CEO Diane Lightfoot will be speaking at the latest WharfAbility event on 11 April.

London, UK: The Royal Bank of Scotland has attained a rating of 95% in Business Disability Forum’s 2018 Disability Standard, a world-class tool that measures how good an organisation is at working with disabled people. 

London, UK: Sarah Newton MP, Minister of State for Disability, Health and Work, will be opening Business Disability Forum’s annual conference, on 18 April in London, exploring what the modern workplace means for business and their disabled employees and customers.

London, UK: A disability film festival held by Business Disability Forum in London this summer will see lucky students win a paid job with the production company 90seconds.

London, UK: Opportunities and risks to disabled employees posed by automation and other changes to the workplace will be the theme of a flagship Business Disability Forum event in April. 

Ewen Stevenson, Chief Financial Officer at Royal Banking of Scotland, began to lose his hearing at age 40. In this article with the charity Action on Hearing Loss, he talks about following a successful career with a hearing impairment. 

39% of people believe there will be no change in disability laws post-Brexit 38% believe there will be no impact on employment rates of disabled people 47% believe Brexit will have no effect on the number of opportunities for disabled people 75% of business-owners believe Brexit will make no difference to  the way they hire workers post-Brexit 71% of business-owners believe Brexit will have no effect on their ability to accommodate disabled employees and customers 57% of business-owners didn’t foresee a fall in profits due to Brexit Figures released to senior business leaders at event sponsored by Sopra Steria Recruitment on 8 February