KPMG LLP( UK) has been |
eight categories: Leadership, |
Despite figures stating that |
provide assistance for ethnic |
named the country’ s‘ best big |
Wellbeing, My team, Fair |
250,000 ethnic minority |
minority firms, is looking |
company to work for’ in the |
deal, Giving something |
enterprises throughout the |
to forge stronger relations |
prestigious Sunday Times, |
back, and Personal Growth. |
UK are contributing around |
with the Learning and Skills |
Best Companies survey. The |
During 2005 KPMG extended |
£ 13 billion a year to the |
Council( LSC) in order to |
professional services firm |
its existing Managing for |
British economy( London |
address the skills shortages |
topped the‘ big companies’ |
Excellence programme, |
Development Agency), |
among ethnic minority |
category for organisations |
first launched in 2004. The |
the Minority Business |
groups. |
with more than 5,000 |
programme is an internal |
Association( MBA) in North |
|
employees. The Sunday Times |
management initiative |
Staffordshire believes |
The results of the survey |
Best Companies Awards |
designed to ensure all |
young ethnic minority |
refer to small businesses |
are based on employee |
employees with a direct |
entrepreneurs need more |
in the North Staffordshire |
responses to a survey of 70 |
role in managing people |
support to fulfill their |
region and were based upon |
questions. KPMG came top |
have the right support and |
potential. The MBA, which |
data and statistics submitted |
in the following six out of the |
tools to be highly effective. |
was created in May 2004 to |
by 200 companies. |
New research commissioned |
are‘ mainstream’ rather than |
business networks of Asians, |
successful BAME retailers in |
by ATL, the Yorkshire-based |
‘ niche’ stores mainly serving |
Chinese, Middle-Eastern and |
West Yorkshire, Birmingham |
specialist in diversity and |
their own community, |
Turkish retailers meant |
and Leicester. The Retail Link |
enterprise development, |
perhaps best known for |
they were rapidly developing |
programme was funded by |
has revealed that the |
introducing Asian and |
import / export and wholesale |
the DTI Phoenix Fund. |
68,000 UK retail businesses |
other foods to the wider |
businesses in competition |
The report is the largest |
owned by people from |
community. Although the |
with traditional white-owned |
UK study dealing specifically |
ethnic minorities are now |
average white-owned store |
wholesalers. The largest |
with the scale of small and |
responsible for sales of |
was larger than the typical |
categories were 366( white), |
medium-sized Black, Asian |
£ 32.96bn per annum. |
BAME store, BAME retailers |
337( Asian), 92( black), and |
and Minority Ethnic( BAME) |
Diversity in Shopping |
were actually outperforming |
Chinese( 38). The sample |
retailers and the issues they |
also revealed that ethnic |
white-owned stores in |
which came from across |
face compared with white- |
minorities provide more than |
general stores, electrical |
the UK, was drawn from |
owned businesses. |
one-in-eight( 12.9 per cent) |
goods, furniture, hardware, |
all trade groups, including |
The research was carried |
of the jobs in the retail |
and clothing. |
supermarkets, convenience |
out in February-March |
industry- more than |
Ethnic minority retailers |
stores, pharmacies, jewellers, |
2006 by Professor Joshua |
373,000 people from all |
were more likely to buy |
electric shops, DIY and |
Bamfield, of the Centre |
communities. |
direct from overseas than |
fashion. Diversity in |
for Retail Research at |
The report finds that |
indigenous businesses( 1 in |
Shopping concludes ATL’ s |
Nottingham, based on a |
55 % of black and ethnic |
10) and there was evidence |
Retail Link programme for |
survey of 1,000 small and |
minority( BAME) retailers |
that the family, social and |
developing and supporting |
medium retailers in the UK. |
engage SPRING ISSUE 2006 |