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Diversity

Just 6 per cent of UK managers are from black and

minority ethnic backgrounds (BAME) despite

accounting for more than double that in terms of the

country’s workforce as a whole.

As many as 29 per cent of black employees believe

discrimination has played a part in stalling their

careers, echoing a Business in the Community (BITC)

study, which concluded that, “racism very much

remains a persistent, if not routine and systematic,

feature of work life in Britain”.

Racial discrimination at work has been a problem for a

very long time, but the severe financial penalties

involved in perpetuating it, particularly post-Brexit, are

now crystal clear

Research shows that some 58 per cent of white

employers don’t feel comfortable talking about race in

case they inadvertently offend people.

With one in four primary schoolchildren in this country

now coming from a BAME background, there is

everything to play for in terms of harnessing the

talents of the next generation.

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