Business Disability Forum Annual Conference 2025: Disability Inclusion – Business as Usual?
On 19 June 2025, Business Disability Forum brought together leaders, practitioners, and policymakers for its Annual Conference, exploring whether disability inclusion is truly embedded as “business as usual.” Sponsored by Microlink and hosted by EBRD in their Canary Wharf offices overlooking the Thames (what a view!), over 500 people joined this hybrid event to tackle…
Where we work
By Rebecca Elliott, Disability Business Partner at Business Disability Forum. It’s no secret that I’m passionate about working from home. I work full time from my home office, but the other week I travelled 100 miles to the BDF conference in London. The first session of the day gripped me because of the topic –…
Annual Conference 2024: highlights
Britain’s top EDI leaders, representing government and every industry sector, were among over 700 people meeting us in person or online for last Tuesday’s (2 July) Annual Conference on the theme ‘We can work it out – reasonable adjustments in a modern world’, which focussed on making the world more inclusive for everyone. Our host,…
Annual Conference 2023 session highlights: Retaining older disabled workers – mission impossible?
Andy Briggs, CEO of Phoenix Group, spoke at our Annual Conference: Back to the future on 28 June 2023 on the topic of retaining older disabled workers. Here are the highlights from his presentation and his recommendations for employers. Context The UK population is ageing, and so is the labour market: around 30% of the…
Annual Conference 2023 session highlights: The circle of life – who cares?
Highlights from the session Our Annual Conference 2023: Back to the Future included the panel discussion “The circle of life: who cares?” with speakers Natalie Quilter, Eleni Katsoulis, Chantel Emery and Daniel Cadey talking about working carers. Read the highlights from the session by our Disability Business Partner Becky Elliott. Watching our Annual Conference remotely,…
Highlights from our Annual Conference
Our hybrid Annual Conference Back to the Future – how should employers respond to ‘the new normal’?, sponsored by NatWest, took place on Wednesday 28 June 2023 and was attended by over 500 people. If you weren’t able to join us, here we share some of the highlights and key takeaways from the conference. Many…
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