Read: Building solutions for social change: Tarmac launches its Levelling Up Impact Report
Tarmac, the UK's leading sustainable construction materials and solutions business, launched its Levelling Up Impact Report today, in partnership with the Purpose Coalition. The report was launched at Next Gen 2030+, an event hosted by Tarmac to discuss business solutions to climate change in the construction industry.
Read: Powering progress: How new leadership at Canterbury City Council will drive pathways to opportunity.
A new Labour/Liberal Democrat Coalition at Canterbury City Council, led by Leader, Alan Baldock will see the Kent local authority working to deliver opportunity into the historic heart of the south east.
Read: Teleperformance partners with the Purpose Coalition to produce social impact report
Teleperformance, the global digital business services company, today announced its partnership with the Purpose Business Coalition to produce a report which will assess its social impact.
Read: Targets hit the mark for boardroom representation
At a time when the UK is having to take a long hard look at how to get its economy back on track, and how it does business, one of the key factors will be its workforce. Does it include all the talent that is available in every part of the country? Does it reflect the communities it is operating in?
Read: Student debt at record levels
With student loans expected to feature as a key issue in next year’s general election, figures from the Student Loans Company have revealed that outstanding student loans in England have surpassed £200bn for the first time. Individual debt has also risen again, with an average cost of just under £45,000.
Read: Place-based solutions will help end homelessness
There are many complex reasons for people becoming homeless. A lack of affordable housing, poverty, unemployment or a life event such as divorce or mental health issues can all result in someone losing their home.
The Sunday Take: Labour is setting the agenda on mortgages
The consequences of another interest rate rise are bleak. On Thursday, new analysis from the National Institute of Economic and Social Research found that by the end of 2023, more than a million households will run out of savings because of higher mortgage repayments, taking the proportion of insolvent households to nearly 30%, with the largest impact in Wales and the North East.
Read: Former Transport Secretary Rt Hon Justine Greening joins Southeastern Railway as we celebrate International Women in Engineering Day
On International Women in Engineering Day 2023 Southeastern, the railway company serving Kent Sussex and Southeast London has honoured engineering trailblazer Kent-born Verena Holmes
Read: Raising the bar on community engagement
A survey commissioned by the company earlier this year found that they are still regarded as the economic and social bedrock of UK communities, with 82% saying that they are important for local communities and 64% believing that they support their local economy.
Read: The Purpose Coalition reminds us all of the vital role SMEs can play in boosting opportunity, says Shadow Minister Bill Esterson as he launches new report.
Shadow Minister for Business and Industry, Bill Esterson MP, has officially launched the Purpose Coalition’s latest report, Entrepreneurial Revolution, in partnership with SME for Labour.
Read: Labour announces energy plan to ‘to make Britain a clean energy superpower’
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer, alongside Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Shadow Secretary of State for Climate Change and Net Zero, and Scottish Labour Leader Anas Sawar has today announced the fourth of the party’s five ‘Missions’ for government - focused on ‘making Britain a clean energy superpower’
Read: Family friendly policies are business friendly policies too
Purpose Coalition partner, Amazon, has announced that it is set to offer parents, grandparents and guardians working in its UK warehouses the option to work during term-time only.
Read: Sodexo showcases positive social impact in new report
Sodexo has today published its 2023 Social Impact Report, which highlights progress and outcomes delivered against the commitments laid out in its Social Impact Pledge.
Read: Launch of groundbreaking employer survey on social mobility to open up ‘black box’ of tracking equality of opportunity in careers
Leading social mobility campaigner and former Education Secretary, Rt Hon Justine Greening has joined forces with the Centre for Inequality and Levelling Up at the University of West London to launch a groundbreaking survey on social mobility tracking attitudes of employers.
Read: Bank closures raise risk of financial exclusion
Two of the country’s biggest banks, Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group, have announced that they are closing another 63 branches across the country, following an earlier raft of closures at the beginning of 2023.
The Sunday Take: A stronger entrepreneurial culture in Britain today can help drive opportunity.
It was a little over a decade ago - whilst at school - that I became familiar with Young Enterprise, as an opportunity to start your own business. It can be seen as a daunting task, but if we can embed the social norm of entrepreneurship across our country, it can be a powerful opportunity to drive social mobility.
Read: New access to regional data will add depth to social mobility strategies
Access to more detailed regional data will help deliver more effective social mobility strategies across the country.
Read: NHS workforce delays will only add to the uncertainty of its future
NHS leaders have voiced concerns that the continued delay in the publication by the Government of an NHS workforce plan is leaving the NHS in limbo.
Read: Small Business and Enterprise Minister joins Purpose Coalition leaders and Young Enterprise for applied learning roundtable.
The roundtable was an opportunity for the Minister to learn more about the work of private sector Purpose Coalition organisations and the benefits of Young Enterprise for teachers and young people across the UK.
The Sunday Take: Promises won’t cut it, government needs shovels in the ground to show how they are delivering better opportunity.
Fundamentally, whether you call it improving opportunities, social mobility, levelling up, or something else entirely, it means the same thing - regenerating communities and delivering change.