On Friday 3rd May, the UK Automotive 30% Club brought our annual Inspiring Automotive Women Day event to the Volkswagen Group UK National Learning Centre in Milton Keynes. The atmosphere from the very start of the day was electric. 100 female secondary school pupils had travelled far and wide to meet with over 30 Inspiring…
Our founder and CEO Julia has been appointed Equalities and Diversity Champion, and Co Chair of the Skills and Employment Board of the SCR LEP. She has served as a private sector board member of the LEP since August 2018. Commenting on her new roles Julia said “I am very proud to have been given…
Julia Muir has been invited to speak at this year’s FT Future of the Car Summit, which takes place on Tuesday 14th and Wednesday 15th of May, in London. The fifth annual FT Future of the Car Summit will bring together over 400 of the most influential players in the automotive industry for two days…
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2019, we’re bringing you spotlights on women working across Lookers who are paving the way in a male dominated industry. We discover what motivates them, why they love working at Lookers and how we could get a better balance of gender across the workplace. Lookers have already taken steps to…
“It is great to see that our UK Automotive 30% Club member Bentley Motors has one of the lowest median gender pay gaps in the automotive sector at 5.8%, and is significantly lower than the UK cross sector median of 17.9%. In addition, it is very reassuring to see that there is no gap between…
What do you like best about your job? Meeting a wide variety of new people, there is so much to learn from others and life experience is invaluable. Which jobs have you already done on your career journey? My current role is my first within the industry, previously I was a Flight Attendant on a…
To celebrate International Women’s Day 2019, we’re bringing you spotlights on women working across Lookers who are paving the way in a male dominated industry. We discover what motivates them, why they love working at Lookers and how we could get a better balance of gender across the workplace. Lookers have already taken steps to…
The UK Automotive 30% Club, founded in 2016 by Julia Muir CEO of Gaia Innovation with the aim of filling 30% of key leadership positions with women by 2030, will be bringing their annual Inspiring Automotive Women Day back this year and it promises to be bigger and better than ever before! 2019 sees…
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we have been getting to know some of the many inspiring women here at Paragon. This week we spoke with Car finance Manager Karen Bowron. How did you begin your career and what was the road you took to be in the position you are in now? I…
We find, as I’m sure you do in your own organisations, that having the word women associated to something can occasionally lead to some men believing that it is not for them; that it must be something exclusive, just for women…only. We wanted to ensure that International Women’s Day 2019 was celebrated by everyone…
Automotive 30% Club members, Jardine Motors Group, marked the annual International Women’s Day, with a series of events which saw nearly 200 colleagues come together to network, debate and share their aspirations for change. As part of the events, colleagues were asked to make a pledge to drive action for change. Some of the…
Friday 8 March 2019 was International Women’s Day and once again, Top 10 Motor Retail Group, Marshall Motor Group celebrated the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The landmark day and social engagement programme coincided with Marshall’s membership to the UK’s Automotive 30% Club and the Group’s commitment to achieve a better…