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CEO Secrets: 'As a female CEO, action is what matters'

Fiona Gordon, CEO of advertising agency Ogilvy UK, explains why female leaders need to change workplace culture in order to level the playing field.

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2 February 2022

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Funeral of Ugandan Olympian killed by ex-partner takes place

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'I'd like to start my own business in the future'

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Women told alternative treatments could risk health

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Tory councillors avoid domestic abuse questions

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The explosions of colour that painted a Glasgow estate

Len Pennie shot to fame for her "word of the day" during the coronavirus pandemic

Scots Poet reveals four-year domestic abuse ordeal

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Tanzania’s 13-year-old money expert

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My violent ex-partner moved in two streets away

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The Chancellor has presented her first Budget in the Commons.

Paula Vennells at the Post Office inquiry

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Paula Vennells faced three days of questions about her role in the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub-postmasters.

Paula Vennells reaching for a tissue in the Post Office inqiuiry

Ex-Post Office boss cries while giving evidence

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells is speaking about the incident for the first time in ten years.

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Whistleblower claims Boeing supplier sent faulty parts

Spirit AeroSystems supplied Boeing with faulty parts, a former quality inspector has told the BBC.

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Former sub-postmaster Jo Hamilton told BBC Breakfast she feels "guilt" after settling with the government over the Horizon IT scandal.

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Issa brother to step back after 'fixing' Asda

Mohsin Issa, one half of the so-called "billionaire brothers" who own Asda, says he plans to hand over the running of the UK's third biggest supermarket.

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Ofcom chief executive Dame Melanie Dawes

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