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Why do we need guidelines for behaving at events? Surely we are all professionals who know how to act appropriately? Unfortunately this isn’t always the case… In the backdrop of

Find out how investing in employee wellbeing at work can strengthen both workplace culture and commercial success, in this blog post from Accord Mortgages… Employee wellbeing is not just a

A personal account of caring for a loved one with dementia, from Claire Askham, Head of Mortgage Sales for the Buckinghamshire Building Society We all have a degree of understanding

Written by Gemma Clark, Intermediary Proposition Manager and Broker Support Team Member at Nationwide, with a personal story from Lydia Witney, Senior Complaints Adviser & Dyslexia Support Group Lead. Dyslexia

Helen Harrison, head of sales, Santander and Nick Piper, senior operational mortgage manager, Accord, share their opinions on unconscious bias and how to overcome it. Regardless of how open-minded and

Sophie Hulm, Chief Executive of Progress Together, discusses why more diversity is needed at the top tiers of the financial services industry. The UK financial services industry has started on

Daniel Priest, inclusion manager at Principality Building Society, shares his ideas on how to implement conscious inclusion in the workplace Most organisations in the UK mortgage industry are taking steps

Rachel Edwards, AMI Senior Policy Adviser and D&I Lead, tells us her thoughts on rainbow washing – what is it, what are the pros and cons and can performative action

This blog post from the Accord Mortgages Growth Series – ‘Helping new mortgage brokers get started’ – helps newer brokers, or those considering a career as a broker, understand the

Rachael Hunnisett is Associate Director of the Green Finance Institute. Here, she discusses her experience of flexible working and it’s benefits for both productivity and work life balance. I’ve long

We hear from Hodge on the importance of equal leave for all parents In the UK, statutory provisions allow mothers up to 52 weeks of maternity leave, with the first

Claire is Head of Mortgage Sales at Buckinghamshire Building Society. She tells us a bit about why she became a mentor and what her experience has been so far Tell