Many now believe that the five-day working week pattern is no longer fit for purpose and that a more flexible approach is needed.

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, and all that’s undoubtedly been achieved so far, it is still truly shocking to hear that a young woman starting work today at 18 years old will not see pay equality in her working lifetime, if progress towards gender equality at work continues at its historical rate.

The cost-of-living crisis, alongside daily tales of missed meals and cold homes, has exposed a further harsh reality. Many people have little or no savings to fall back on when times get tough.

With perfect timing, coinciding with National Apprenticeship Week, the Government has announced the creation of four new government departments, recalibrating its commitment to a programme of growth and technological advance, driven by innovation and research.

Getting a stronger plan in place is crucial for the Prime Minister and it has to be about working with and through local communities.

Purpose Coalition businesses, universities and the wider public sector have reacted to the cost of living challenges looking at how they can support their communities, their customers and colleagues internally.

Hosted by the Purpose Coalition and the Adecco Group, one of the world’s biggest recruitment companies, it is the latest in a series of Opportunity Roadshows taking place at universities across the country over the next few months. The events bring together employers and students with the aim of improving their recruitment experience.

The best are going even further and using the profits that their success brings to invest in their communities, giving back to make them better places to live. That’s exactly the approach that David Harrison, Chair of financial services and technology firm, True Potential, and founder of the Harrison Foundation, has taken.

Specialist lending and savings bank, Aldermore, today launched its Report to Society 2022. It shows how it is making a positive societal impact, alongside its financial and operational goals, and includes recommendations for how it can play an even greater role in levelling up the financial services sector and society more widely.

Gaming, hospitality and travel company Ambassadeurs Group (AG) has partnered with the Purpose Coalition to measure and enhance its social impact.

Demonstrating the art of the possible. That’s the challenge for companies operating in digital and high-tech sectors who need to attract and retain the skilled workforces which will allow them to flourish.

Recruitment specialist Pertemps has launched a Levelling Up Impact Report highlighting its social mobility across the country.

The report, developed in partnership with Rt Hon Justine Greening and the Purpose Coalition, sets out best practice and makes recommendations on where further action can be taken.

Reed in Partnership, one of the first employment support service providers in the UK, today launched a Levelling Up Impact Report which assesses how it is currently boosting opportunity across the country and recommends further steps to extend its impact.

Rt Hon Justine Greening and Lord Walney have today launched the Cost of Living Taskforce, made up of businesses and public sector organisations committed to helping their customers, colleagues and communities through this difficult time.

Businesses which are playing a leading role in spreading opportunity across the UK have been celebrated today at the first ever Business Purpose Coalition Levelling Up Awards 2022.

Rt Hon Justine Greening talks to Pertemps Network Group Chair Carmen Watson about the recruitment empire’s journey and its efforts to make a lasting difference in changing times.

Travelodge, the UK’s largest independent hotel brand which operates over 590 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Spain and employs over 10,000 colleagues is delighted to announce a joint partnership with Purpose Coalition on a Levelling Up Impact Report.

Yet some of the biggest steps forward in the past 20 years in driving social mobility have come from universities working hard to open up higher education to more people and communities, often those the first in their family to go to university, as I was, and it must continue.

Purpose-led businesses identify those amongst their employees, customers and communities who need the most support, whatever their background, wherever they live. They are leading the way in ensuring that resources are properly targeted so that they are most effective.

Legal and professional services group, Gateley, has launched its Levelling Up Impact Report which assesses the company’s current impact on social mobility and recommends areas where it could extend that impact in the future.