All Social mobility articles
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Retail Voice
How ESG can boost employee engagement
ESG factors are changing the retail industry, and offer a solution to labour shortages and employee retention challenges, says Datamaran. In this competitive market, where workers seek purpose as well as remuneration, retailers can use ESG initiatives to attract and retain talent
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Analysis
PM for a day: What M&S, Co-op and AO’s leaders would do in the top job
As Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss challenge each other for leadership of the Conservative Party and the country, all eyes are on them for solutions to pressing problems such as the cost-of-living crisis.
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Retail Voice
The kindest month on Meta: Ramadan
Ramadan is a time of connection for billions of people – and for brands who share community-based values, it can offer surprising new opportunities, says Zehra Chatoo from Meta.
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Analysis
Ken Murphy, Pippa Wicks, Roger Wade, Steve Murrells and more – all the stories from Retail Week Live
Everything you need to know from both days of Retail Week Live 2021
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News
Amazon offers to pay university fees for frontline US staff
Amazon has offered to cover the costs of university tuition fees for 750,000 of its frontline US staff, as it struggles to attract and retain new workers.
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News
Tesco calls for apprenticeship levy reform to create 8,000 new roles
Tesco has called on the government to overhaul the apprenticeship levy in a bid to create thousands of new roles across the retail sector every year.
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Retail Voice
Addressing skills gaps with social mobility and apprenticeships
Easing of lockdown rules has driven a rise in the need for recruitment – apprenticeships are an ideal way to support this drive, says Jemma Hall, senior business development manager at Lifetime Training
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Retail Voice
Why we need to pull our weight when it comes to social mobility
Retailers are lagging behind when it comes to social mobility, and need to do more to encourage an inclusive working culture, says Chris Brook-Carter, CEO of Retail Trust
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News
From pubs to Whitehall – lessons from six businesses beating retail on social mobility
Social mobility has rocketed to the top of the business agenda in the wake of the coronavirus crisis as companies ramp up efforts to close the opportunity gap.
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Video
Face time: Co-op’s Steve Murrells – why retail must tackle ‘social unfairness’
On the anniversary of George Floyd’s death, Co-op chief executive Steve Murrells discusses the increasing importance of diversity and inclusion, social mobility and how retailers can play their part in tackling “growing social unfairness” in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Opinion
The Keynote: Let’s make UK retail the best employer on Earth
The Keynote: Let’s make UK retail the best employer on Earth
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News
Retail Week and Lifetime Training team up to create thousands of apprenticeships
Retail Week has joined forces with Lifetime Training to create thousands of apprenticeships for people from underprivileged backgrounds across the UK.
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Analysis
Retail with purpose: how to pin down yours
More than ever, consumers are looking to shop with brands with purpose – those that share the same values as themselves. But how do retailers establish what their purpose is and how do they communicate it to staff and shoppers?
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Video
Face time: Why eBay is ‘putting purpose front and centre’ post-Covid
eBay UK’s head of social impact, Chris Gale, tells Retail Week about the launch of the etail giant’s new ‘eBay for Change’ programme, the consumer appetite to support social enterprises and the importance of “putting purpose front and centre” following the pandemic.
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News
eBay launches multimillion-pound programme backing social enterprises
eBay has launched a multi-million-pound programme to create jobs and opportunities in parts of the UK that have been hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
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News
Co-op launches major apprenticeship drive to close ‘opportunity gap’
The Co-op has launched a major new apprenticeship initiative to offer opportunities to people from disadvantaged communities across the UK.
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Analysis
Can you still go from the shopfloor to the board room in retail?
In the latest story in our No Limits campaign, which aims to drive social mobility in retail, we explore if it is still possible to progress from stores to the top job
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Interview
How retail changed my life: Pano Christou – from flipping burgers to running Pret
There was something slightly different about Pano Christou’s closing address at his first company conference as Pret a Manger chief executive.
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Analysis
How retail changed my life: Tesco’s Rimal Patel – no longer a fish out of water
The life of Tesco’s online director Rimal Patel and his extended family has been shaped beyond recognition by the retail industry over the past five decades.
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Opinion
Social Mobility Commission: ‘Retail can stop people getting left behind’
Those from less privileged backgrounds are in real danger of being left behind – but retail can help change that, writes Alexandra Sufit, head of employer communications at the Social Mobility Commission.