October is ADHD Awareness Month. To mark it, inclusive workplace design specialist Motionspot surveyed 1,000 neurodivergent office workers and 1,000 neurotypical office workers about the key issues they face working in offices. The growing number of adults receiving an ADHD ...

Exceptional Individuals, the UK’s first employment agency for the neurodiverse community, conducted The Exceptional Individuals Language Consultation Report to highlight the need for inclusive language when referring to neurodiverse individuals within the workplace. The survey revealed that 75 per cent ...

The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has officially opened its new London hub, The Grimaldi Building, situated on Pentonville Road in Islington. It is the first building in the UK incorporating innovations for those living with sight loss, ...

New guidance has been issued to ensure that inclusion and accessibility are considered at every stage of the design and construction process. Published by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the Inclusive Design Overlay to the RIBA Plan of ...

Churchill Group has signed the Neurodiversity in Business (NiB) charter, an initiative launched in 2021 aimed at helping to ensure greater workplace inclusion of the neurodivergent community. NiB is an industry forum created to support the participation of neurodivergent individuals ...

The Mayor of London has called on the Government to begin a ‘wholesale’ review of workplace policies, across Government bodies, to ensure they are inclusive of and supportive to women at every stage of their careers. Sadiq Khan has called ...

EMCOR UK has signed up to the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant (EDAC) to support women affected by domestic abuse and to help them enter, remain in or re-enter the workplace. The programme is designed to create positive, long-term solutions by ...

ISS has joined the Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, as part of its commitment to providing diverse, inclusive workspaces. The pledge, introduced by the Centre for Ageing Better, helps employers recognises the skills and experience of older workers – many of whom ...

Facility services provider, ABM, has launched a Pan-Disability Team Member Forum as part of the company’s deep commitment to creating inclusive venues and workplaces.  With initial projects starting in the new year, the forum is a network of disabled team members working ...

Integrating inclusivity and accessibility into the office remains a low priority for businesses despite a growing HR desire to attract more diverse talent than ever before, according to trends data. Post-Covid, mental health and wellbeing has become one of the ...