MBS Intelligence
Diversity & Inclusion

Women in football: the next challenge is roles off…
The past two years have proved transformational for women’s football in Europe. In 2022, the England women’s team – the Lionesses – won the European Championship in a final which broke television viewing...

Collaboration, commitment and community: reflections from WiHTL & DiR’s…
It hard to believe that MBS is now in the sixth year of partnership with WiHTL & DiR to help the hospitality, travel and leisure sector become more diverse. In preparation for this year’s Inclusion Summit, I was...

D&I in Beauty: leading on strategies, lagging on engagement
There’s something that feels particularly urgent about discussing diversity and inclusion in the Beauty sector. Over the past decade or so, the way we think about beauty has transformed, and there’s now a pressing...

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Beauty Sector
The MBS Group is delighted to share our second report into diversity, equity and inclusion in the Beauty sector, produced in partnership with CEW and ScienceMagic. Over the past few months, MBS has undertaken...

Diversity & Inclusion in Fashion 2023
Diversity and Inclusion in Fashion, produced in partnership with British Fashion Council, looks in depth at how diverse our sector’s leadership teams are in 2023, and explores if fashion companies are adequately...

D&I activity is not yet translating into meaningful change…
Only a few short years ago, it was very hard to engage most retail leaders in diversity and inclusion: D&I simply wasn’t top of the corporate agenda. Few businesses had D&I strategies, there was poor data on...

Launching the Women to Watch and Role Models for…
Perhaps my biggest lesson from my decade at The MBS Group is how dramatically emerging leaders are shaped by role models throughout their career. Having someone to model yourself against can be transformative, providing...

Tracking progress on diversity and inclusion in UK retail…
Tracking progress on diversity and inclusion in UK retail 2023, produced in partnership with BRC, measures how diverse and inclusive businesses in UK retail are. Our report draws on MBS research – which encompasses...

It takes an employer: how addressing childcare can unlock…
For the first time in a long time, childcare is back on the UK political agenda. Just under three weeks ago, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced the biggest expansion of free childcare that England has ever seen, promising...
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