The Prime Minister has called for more women in Britain’s boardrooms as he met leading female executives at a breakfast meeting to mark International Women’s Day.
At the meeting, Gordon Brown said politicians and businesses need to work together to ensure the talent and skills of women are properly represented in the boardroom.
Gordon Brown congratulated the attending women on the “huge contribution” they have made to bringing about change.
But he said more needed to be done after a survey of more than 1,000 adults showed that almost two out of three believed there were not enough female directors in big business.
In a podcast released earlier in the day, the PM said:
“We all recognise the value of strong role models for women in all walks of life - and there are many in politics, the arts, public services, sport and the third sector, but there are too few in Britain’s boardrooms.
When more than half of graduates are women, it is completely unacceptable that some of our top 100 public companies have not a single woman on their boards, and that none at all have a majority of women on their boards.”
The meeting was also attended by Women and Equalities Minister Harriet Harman, Business, Innovation and Skills Secretary Peter Mandleson, and Trade Minister Lord Davies.
Women of The Future Awards & Launch of Global Awards Mumbai, December 2009
Kavita Jnagal visited Mumbai in December 2009 with Pinky Liani, The British High Deputy Commissioner Vicky Treadell and 18 other very successful business women on a Womens delegation trip to Mumbai
The awards iniative now in its fifth year in the UK, was launched on December 11, 2009, in Mumbai, India. Supported by Barclays, the evening was hosted by Vicki Treadell, British deputy high commissioner of Mumbai, Pinky Lilani OBE, chairman of the Women of the Future Awards and Cherie Blair, awards patron. The launch event was attended by 200 guests including S Ramadorai Vice Chairman TCS and Nandan Mehta, Global Head, Finance TCS, together with Zain Verjee anchor for CNBC and Indu Shahani PhD, Dean of HR Collge of Commerce & Economics among others
The Women of the Future Awards, are about celebrating a bright new generation of talent, right across the world. We have seen in the UK how powerful these awards are in identifying new role models; and in establishing a mutually supportive network of fantastic young women.
"A amazing exciting opportunity, Myself and 18 other successful business women, was given the opportunity to visit, colleges, businesses, and charities, this opportunity allowed us to Network with India's Business worlds and NGO Charities."
Kavita Jnagal & Rani Sahota have received Her Majesty’s command to attend a reception to be given at Buckingham Palace by the Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh on Tuesday 13th October 2009.
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Simply Recruitment Directors Rani Uppelle and Kavita Jnagal have been shortlisted for the 10th Anniversary Asian Woman Awards
Simply Recruitment Directors Rani Uppelle and Kavita Jnagal have been shortlisted for the 10th Anniversary Asian Woman Awards and have been shortlisted from over 10,000 candidates around the UK for the Entrepreneur of the Year 2009.
"We are so delighted to have been shortlisted and excited at the opportunity, we are very passionate about recruitment and have worked very hard, during the tough times of the recession, we here at Simply look to follow our dreams, with a positive attitude and getting this far has been amazing for us both!"
A MESSAGE FROM THE PATRON
I am very proud to be the patron of the Asian Women of Achievement Awards and to have the chance to watch how this wonderful initiative has grown over its first ten years. The values celebrated by these awards are perhaps more important today than ever as is the underlying ambition of helping women, of all backgrounds, to break down the barriers which prevent them realising their full potential.
By highlighting individual successes, the awards both celebrate the incredible achievements of women and provide crucial role models to encourage more women to follow in their footsteps. I urge you to submit your nominations for the tenth anniversary.
Simply Recruitment have been shortlisted for the prestigious Lloyds TSB Jewel Award
Simply Recruitment have been shortlisted for the prestigious Lloyds TSB Jewel Award at a ceremony taking place in Birmingham on the 11th July 2009. The awards are undertaken by Carter Andersen in conjunction with Lloyds TSB and KPMG.
This is now the seventh year of the Jewel Awards and they are, without doubt, the biggest celebration of Asian success and achievement ever seen in Britain. They are the Oscar's of the Asian Business world, showcasing the best of Asian success and achievement and have received special praise from HRH Prince Charles, The Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, amongst Others. Past Winners have included Imran Khan, Kabir Bedi, Sir Gulam Noon, James Caan, Sanjeev Baskar, Kirit Patak and Baroness Flather etc.
Rani and Kavita land national award for Simply Recruitment
Birmingham Post, Nov 20 2008 and WM Women's Business Centre, Nov 21 2008
A Birmingham businesswoman has scooped the title of Outstanding Woman in Business at the national Institute of Asian Business awards.
Rani Uppelle, of Hagley Road-based Simply Recruitment, won the title, supported by her business partner Kavita Jnagal.
The two set up the recruitment business up last August after ten years working in the field and they are now looking to take the firm to the next level with the launch of a training division.
Ms Uppelle, who has two young children, welcomed the launch of the virtual Women’s Business Centre.
“We need to push to help women get a lot more support in their business,” she said.
Ms Uppelle and Ms Jnagal decided last year that with their combined experience in the fields of industrial and commercial recruitment, there was an opportunity to offer a more tailor-made service to their clients and candidates.
“It’s very hard to set up a business but it’s good to have a business partner like Kavita who understands the situation with children.”
Ms Jnagal said: "It’s a joint effort and it’s about team work, without that it would be impossible to do what we are doing now.”
Neither are fazed by the prospect of an economic downturn.
“You have got to be positive,” said Ms Jnagal. “That’s why we are setting up the training division.”
Outstanding Business Woman of the Year 2008 at the Institute of Asian Business
Kavita Jnagal and Rani Uppelle won Outstanding Business Woman of the Year 2008 at the Institute of Asian Business, at the ICC
Simply Recruitment Directors Kavita Jnagal and Rani Uppelle, nominated for Prowess Ethnic Minority Business Woman Awards, after trading 8 months in to the business. Selected out of 300 Nominees.
"It has been a fantastic experience, to get recognition so early on in the business. This has been a major achievement for us here at Simply Recruitment."
Kavita Jnagal
"Its great to know that our work within the community is being recognized, and we hope to achieve and deliver bigger and better results in the years to come."
Rani Uppelle
