North East business leader spearheads workplace equity report

A North East business leader has spearheaded a new report which aims to create fairer and more equal workplaces around the UK.

Gill Hunter, managing partner of Newcastle law firm Square One Law, has been co-chair of the British Chambers of Commerce’s Workplace Equity Commission. The commission has released a report which outlines more than 40 recommendations for Government and businesses that aim to create fairer, more inclusive and diverse workplaces.

The commission has focused on supporting the 5.5m SMEs across the UK which need support to affect change on workplace equity. The report has come in the same week that Office for National Statistics employment figures showed that economic inactivity remains a key issue for the North East, often as a result of ill health or caring responsibilities.

In the report, Ms Hunter says: “Many of us are aware of the challenges that we, our family members and friends may have experienced on the journey through education and work. Of course, in life, not everyone starts from the same place, no