by Lawsome | Apr 30, 2026 | Opinions
By Charlotte Cadden, LGB Business Forum “Dear homosexual and bisexual employees. This email is to inform you there’s been a strategic re-think on diversity, and it’s been decided that same-sex attraction no longer complies with our inclusive values. Henceforth, we...
by Lawsome | Apr 29, 2026 | Opinions
By Simon White, LGB Business Forum What’s the smallest ‘big number’? By that, I mean a figure that looks impressive on paper, but shrivels into insignificance when one applies the most cursory statistical analysis. I’d like to suggest 100,000. Sure, it seems big —...
by Lawsome | Apr 8, 2026 | Opinions
GUEST POST Robert Laverick is a chemist and senior lecturer, and founder of the Leeds branch of Academics for Academic Freedom. He tweets from @RobLaverick92 Having studied and worked within the higher education sector since 2010, I’ve watched ideas develop in the...
by Lawsome | Apr 1, 2026 | Opinions
By Jemima Jefferson, LGB Business Forum Employee burnout is reaching epidemic proportions, with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recording nearly a million workers as suffering from work-related stress, depression or anxiety — the highest rates on record....
by Lawsome | Mar 16, 2026 | Opinions
By Jemima Jefferson, LGB Business Forum What’s gone wrong with DEI? With Meta, Deloitte and other well-known companies backpedalling on DEI initiatives, is corporate commitment to inclusion beginning to sour? If so, should other businesses begin following suit? In a...
