A new report launched by Hitachi Rail and the Purpose Coalition assesses the importance of investment in the rail industry in Britain, particularly looking at its socio-economic impact.

The best place-based organisations forge strategic partnerships that drive economic growth in their local areas. Universities are playing an increasingly important part of that coalition of the willing, collaborating with other local bodies to deliver opportunity.

International defence and security company Leonardo has opened its 8th site in the UK, a high-technology science and engineering facility in the Newcastle Helix innovation cluster.

The Minister for Social Mobility, Youth and Progression at the Department for Work and Pensions, Mims Davies MP has joined pro-social mobility Purpose Coalition employers for a Westminster roundtable on the menopause and women’s health in the workplace - to break down barriers to opportunity. 

In a collaborative effort to drive social mobility, The Purpose Coalition partnered with Sodexo at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool to host the Purposeful Business Reception

Britain has a long-standing manufacturing economy which has driven world-class innovation and design. As technological change continues at pace, it is more important than ever that we have the skills that will enable us to take advantage of that, while at the same time delivering opportunity to individuals and communities across the country.

Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone to our economy, key to unlocking opportunity and improving social mobility. They employ 16.4 million people with an estimated £2.1 trillion turnover. They offer people the chance to run a business on their own terms,often in communities and regions where traditionally opportunities have been limited.

Labour’s fifth mission in Government – breaking down the barriers to opportunity – highlighted the importance of a curriculum that ensures young people leave school ready for work and ready for life.

Women’s health issues have all too often been a taboo subject in the workplace, scarcely acknowledged and barely discussed. Their performance, their productivity, their retention and their morale all suffered as a result. Clearly bad news for women, but also bad news for business.

The Purpose Coalition launched a new report with Newcastle and Northumbria Universities today which assesses the impact of placed-based organisations on social mobility.

The UK population is aging. By 2030 half of all adults in the UK will be over 50. A third of the UK workforce is already this age. At the same time there is also a shortfall of young people entering employment.

Leading broadcaster, Channel 4, today launched a new report with the Purpose Coalition which assesses its social impact and explores how it can go even further in making a significant contribution to social mobility.

In a recent visit Rt. Hon Justine Greening was hosted by Sodexo UK&I Chief Executive Officer, Sean Haley, at Northumbria University.

Royal Mail has launched Future Delivered, the company’s most significant employment programme to tackle youth unemployment across the UK. Royal Mail is driving the company’s largest growth in entry level opportunities, aiming to be an employer of choice for the next generation.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt, has today met with Clive Higgins of Leonardo UK - a leading Purpose Coalition Member - alongside former Education Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening, and former Skills Minister Rt Hon Anne Milton to discuss and explore reform to the apprenticeship levy.

A new project that will explore how social mobility in the legal profession can be improved across the country, with a focus on regional firms and the key role they play, was launched today by Chair of the Purpose Coalition and former Education Secretary, Rt Hon Justine Greening.

If you are born in a position of disadvantage, it will be harder now than at any point over the last half century to move up the social ladder.

Engineers are the world’s problem solvers. You can see their legacy everywhere – from iconic structures like the pyramids or aqueducts to technological wonders we encounter every day, like the light bulb or telephone.

Chair of the Purpose Coalition, Rt Hon Justine Greening, and a number of Purpose Universities Coalition Vice-Chancellors have this week written to the Prime Minister regarding his recent announcement about a crackdown on low-value degrees.

We hear a lot about the skills gap. It’s a twenty-first century challenge and it’s ironic that it’s the tech sector where the situation is particularly acute.