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Celebrating female entrepreneurial success – 2022 everywoman Awards winners announced

|Date: December 21, 2022

Celebrating female entrepreneurial success – 2022 everywoman Awards winners announced

Eight extraordinary women from across the country have been unveiled as the 2022 winners in the UK’s lead ...

Eight extraordinary women from across the country have been unveiled as the 2022 winners in the UK’s leading programme for female entrepreneurs. Now in their 20th year the everywoman Awards, in associ ...

December 21, 2022
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Female-led construction school offering pioneering apprenticeships with virtual reality technology

|Date: May 30, 2022

Female-led construction school offering pioneering apprenticeships with virtual reality technology

The UK’s first co-funded, industry-led construction school, AccXel, has introduced specialist VR technolo ...

The UK’s first co-funded, industry-led construction school, AccXel, has introduced specialist VR technology into their plant operator apprenticeship programme, following an asset finance funding packa ...

May 30, 2022
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How construction companies can tackle the gender divide

|Date: July 11, 2019

How construction companies can tackle the gender divide

Gender inequality is a long-standing issue that has crept into every industry, and construction is no dif ...

Gender inequality is a long-standing issue that has crept into every industry, and construction is no different. Though many industries have a fairly even ratio of male to female employees at entry le ...

July 11, 2019
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Gender equality in construction will take almost 200 years, GMB research shows

|Date: June 12, 2019

Gender equality in construction will take almost 200 years, GMB research shows

Construction union GMB has revealed it will take nearly 200 years to achieve gender equality in the const ...

Construction union GMB has revealed it will take nearly 200 years to achieve gender equality in the construction industry. The analysis, revealed at GMB’s annual Congress in Brighton today, shows at t ...

June 12, 2019
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