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…
Volvo Car UK and the UK Automotive 30% Club are pleased to be able to mark International Women’s Day by announcing Volvo’s new membership of the club. The club leads a collaborative campaign to achieve a better gender balance within the automotive industry, with the aim of filling at least 30% of key leadership positions…
The UK Automotive 30% Club, founded in 2016 by Julia Muir CEO of Gaia Innovation with the goal of achieving a better gender balance in the industry, is scaling up the services provided to its members by launching a new digital portal on International Women’s Day. The portal will feature interviews with key industry figures…
“We consider ourselves doubly challenged when attracting women to work for us,” jokes Alison Ross, Platform & Operations and People Director at Auto Trader, explaining she’s referring to the company’s dual sectors of traditionally male-oriented automotive and technology. “However, during the past five years, we’ve made a concerted effort around diversity and inclusion, and we…
“It felt a perfect fit for where Auto Trader is – what we believe in, what we’re passionate about, and equally what the UK Automotive 30% Club is designed to achieve,” says Rebecca Clark, Manufacturer & Agency Director at Auto Trader. Our company had already recognised the importance of supporting women in the workplace, had…
Lookers are focused on addressing gender imbalance and utilising Apprenticeships as a platform to grow a diverse workforce. The Group have been delighted to report a marked increase in gender diversity on Technical Apprenticeship Programmes through this strategy, having created a new Apprenticeships and Diversity Department in 2016. With less than 1% of females on…
Ahead of International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March, renowned motor retailer JCT600 have asked five women from five different parts of the business for their insight into what being a woman in the motor trade is like. This comes just weeks after JCT600 reaffirmed its commitment to driving a change in the gender balance…
We loved this article from Mandy Bowman via LinkedIn. How do you juggle childcare and full / part time working? Hopefully, these tips will help! As a full-time working mother of two boys (5 and 2 years old) I’m often asked: “how do you do it?”. It’s a hard question to answer, as a Mum…
Describe a typical day for you After a family breakfast, I have a 20 min drive to work in, of course, my Toyota Land Cruiser, where I listen to the Today Programme on Radio 4 on my way in. I grab a coffee from our barista on the way into the building. The day starts…
“It’s about enabling everyone to be their best version of themselves and creating the right environment as an employer so people can thrive, do their best work and stretch themselves to be better than they realised they could be,” says Rachel Shepherd, General Manager, HR & Facilities at Toyota (GB). Rachel is talking about Toyota…
Ahead of International Women’s Day on Friday 8 March, renowned motor retailer JCT600 have asked five women from five different parts of the business for their insight into what being a woman in the motor trade is like. This comes just weeks after JCT600 reaffirmed its commitment to driving a change in the gender balance…
We recently announced that we have become a member of the UK Automotive 30% Club. Just as a reminder the Club’s purpose is to achieve a better gender balance within the automotive industry, and with the aim of filling at least 30% of key leadership positions in the member organisations with women by 2030 through…