If you have 5 minutes, spend them listening to this TED Talks on #DiversityandInclusion by @AmberHikes. Key learning for all leaders: “What good is our power and success …if all it affords us is a bird’s eye view of everyone we’ve left behind?” open.spotify.com/episode/5c11FS…

Watching the party conferences from afar for the first time in nearly 20 years. No better reminder of how far Westminster can be from the lives and experiences of the people it governs - when politicians of all colours think the story they tell trumps the facts on the ground.

Was fantastic to participate in this on Friday - except for my dodgy broadband connection! CMI is doing great work on the future of 21st century management and leadership, supported by some of the best doers and thinkers around. No better way to celebrate 75 years!

Delighted to be chairing #GTRUK, the 🇬🇧‘s premier trade and export finance event, tomorrow in the City of London. Fantastic programme including ⁦Tom Tugendhat and a range of global trade experts - at a crucial time for economic recovery and growth. gtreview.com/events/europe/…

📣 We want to hear from you! 📝 Help inform the work of our Skills Taskforce by completing our survey on technical skills and foreign investment Josie Cluer Andrew Hodgson Dame Ann Limb DBE DL 🏳️‍🌈 Linda Urquhart Adam Marshall CBE Anthony Impey MBE @julietmellor worldskillsuk.org/news/globally-…

So good to be hosting an in-person #trade event today after so long - looking forward to a great day ⁦⁦Global Trade Review⁩ ! #GTRUK

Re-reading our UK in a Changing Europe Witness Archive interview with Adam Marshall CBE and struck by his prescient observation that the UK-EU data deal could become a 'sword of damocles' in future. It's now one of main things EU could revoke as part of Protocol tensions ukandeu.ac.uk/interview-pdf/…

Southern & Scottish newspapers should be expressing the same anger. Future govts will come to regret short-sighted mothballing of #HS2 eastern leg. news.sky.com/story/hs2-nort… HS2: Northern newspapers unite as part of backlash against Boris Johnson's scaling back of rail projects

So ⁦Rishi Sunak⁩ is planning a ‘retail offer’ on tax ahead of the next election, according to ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩. Let’s hope businesses - which generate the wealth in the first place, and are still recovering - don’t get hammered to pay for it. thetimes.co.uk/article/42639a…

New report from the Skills Taskforce for Global Britain into skills & inward investment shows getting investment to more parts of the UK is vital in creating higher-skilled & better-paid jobs to drive the levelling up agenda Read the full report 👇 worldskillsuk.org/insights/wante…

Proud to be part of the Skills Task Force for Global 🇬🇧 that supported this important WorldSkills UK report. We'll only attract investment in the future if we've got the right skills base. This work sets out what we need to do to make it happen! worldskillsuk.org/insights/wante…

🚨REGISTER NOW🚨 At 5pm on Wed 25 May, join us for our 3rd webinar with 39 Essex Chambers, this one all about 'the UK #government's approach to the new trading relationship' 👇👇 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Catherine Barnard Julian Braithwaite Adam Marshall CBE Anand Menon

🚨 HAPPENING TODAY🚨 At 5pm TODAY join us for our 3rd webinar with 39 Essex Chambers, this one all about 'the UK's trading relationship with the EU: how is it working?' 👇👇 us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… Catherine Barnard Adam Marshall CBE Anand Menon

This from David Smith is so important. Sir Jeremy Hunt MP and HM Treasury must not repeat the mistake of 2010, where huge cuts to capital spending and infrastructure undermined 🇬🇧 growth. Future generations wouldn’t forgive ours for making the same terrible mistake twice.

Excellent from ⁦Juliet Samuel⁩ in ⁦The Telegraph⁩ - completely agree. ⁦Rishi Sunak⁩ and ⁦Sir Jeremy Hunt MP⁩ must heed the lessons of 2010. Capital investment and #infrastructure improvements crucial to 🇬🇧’s long-term prospects. telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/11/0…

“The belief that what can be spun matters more than what can be done has opened the door to a generation of charlatans and clowns.” Powerful and on the money from ⁦Trevor Phillips⁩ in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩. Principles and dedication matter. thetimes.co.uk/article/f0840f…

If this is true and comes to pass, it would be a massive own goal. Education is one of our top exports - and one of the things that people around the world most admire about the UK. Damaging, reactive ‘tough talk’. Solves nothing. thetimes.co.uk/article/e94298…

Good for Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma and all others who are standing up against egregious NIMBYism, given the UK’s pressing need for energy security and sustainability. Onshore wind - and the economic activity around it - have got to be a bigger part of the 🇬🇧 energy transition.

Read beyond the headline to see worrying scale of potential concessions to NIMBY rebels on #planning. Sincerely hope ⁦Michael Gove⁩ does not inadvertently make it harder to build homes & infrastructure our communities sorely need. thetimes.co.uk/article/buyers…

Important from ⁦Dominic O'Connell⁩ in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ - financial education really does help people and businesses make the most of money. Proud to work with ⁦HSBC UK⁩ teams delivering this w/ ⁦Young Enterprise⁩, ⁦Scouts⁩ & more! thetimes.co.uk/article/4652d1…