25 November 2024
Addressing harassment: A call to action
Let's talk about addressing harassment at industry events - to confront the uncomfortable, to challenge the status quo, to call out criminal behaviour...
25 November 2024
How employee wellbeing programmes can strengthen your business
Find out how investing in employee wellbeing at work can strengthen both workplace culture and commercial success, in this blog post from Accord Mortgages...
21 October 2024
Understanding dementia and its impact on families
Claire Askham, Head of Mortgage Sales at the Buckinghamshire Building Society, writes about her lived experience of caring for a loved one who has dementia...
17 October 2024
Understanding dyslexia: how lenders can support staff and intermediaries
An article from Gemma Clark of Nationwide on understanding and supporting dyslexia in the workplace, including a personal story from Lydia Witney...
16 October 2024
Overcoming unconscious bias for a more inclusive workplace
Helen Harrison, Head of Sales at Santander and Nick Piper, Senior Operational Mortgage Manager at Accord, share their opinions on overcoming unconscious bias...
14 October 2024
Financial Services needs diversity at the top
When it comes to leadership, diversity in financial services is massively out of whack with the rest of the country, and the time is ripe for change...
10 October 2024
How to be more consciously inclusive
How to approach the challenge of making the workplace consciously inclusive from Daniel Priest, Inclusion Manager at Principality Building Society...
27 June 2024
Rainbow washing and performative DE&I: Can it still lead to meaningful change?
What is rainbow washing? AMI Senior Policy Adviser Rachel Edwards explains the reasons for the term and discusses the pros and cons of performative action...
24 June 2024
So you want to be a Mortgage Broker?
A blog post from the Accord Mortgages Growth series is aimed at those considering a career as a mortgage broker - what does a broker do, and how do they
10 June 2024
Inspiring inclusion through flexible working
Rachel Hunnisett, Associate Director of the Green Finance Institute, gives a personal insight into the benefits of flexible working...
16 May 2024
Embracing parenting – the benefits of equal paternity leave
How one firm is changing the landscape when in comes to equal paternity leave, allowing all parents the essential time to bond with their new arrivals...
1 March 2024
A mentoring case study: Claire Askham, Mentor
Claire Askham tells us about her experience as a mentor using the Working in Mortgages mentoring scheme...