![]() She said tackling race disparity in workforces boosted the economy, increased productivity and, in senior teams, improved decision-making by introducing more challenge to accepted norms. Sandra Kerr, the race equality director of Business in the Community, said her organisation’s research had shown that BAME workers voiced higher levels of ambition to be promoted and to be fast-tracked than white counterparts and were more likely to have higher education qualifications. ![]() The UK government is aiming for 13.2% of new recruits to the senior civil service to be from a minority ethnic background by 2025, up from 5.6% in recent years. Lloyds is aiming for one in 10 of staff to be BAME, which is below the national figure of 14% of the population, Natwest wants to boost the proportion of staff in senior roles who are black from 1% to 3%, close to the national proportion, and Ernst and Young is aiming for 20% of its partners to be BAME by 2025. “Our focus will be on making systemic changes to ensure that we recruit, retain, develop and progress these colleagues, whilst holding ourselves accountable for meeting these targets.” “Introducing these targets acknowledges that we have more work to do in ensuring our black, Asian and minority ethnic colleagues are fairly represented at all levels,” said Peart. A quarter of the broadcaster’s on-screen talent and 17% of its comedy and drama writers are from minority ethnic backgrounds, while the proportion in senior production roles is 10%. If delivered, the transformation will be most marked among Sky’s 300 senior managers, only three of whom are black, including the new chief talent, diversity and inclusion officer, Denise Peart. This month the comedian and actor Lenny Henry argued that unless British broadcasters improve on diversity on both sides of the camera, “they run the risk of losing large parts of their audience forever”. At the BBC, where 15% of staff are BAME, shortlists for the highest-paid jobs must now include at least one minority ethnic candidate. The targets echo those set by several banks, accountants and the civil service. ![]() The move is broadly in line with predictions that a fifth of Britons will be from minority ethnic backgrounds by 2031, and follows research that found Sky’s workforce was not representative of the areas where it operates, including around its west London HQ where 48% of the population is BAME. ![]()
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