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The need for diversity has never been greater

Melina Jacovou, CEO at Propel, considers why companies need to do more in order to embrace diversity

Let’s face facts. Britain’s tech industry has failed in its efforts to truly embrace diversity. This failure is harming its future growth and it’s time for the industry to raise its game.

True diversity, together with company culture and values, training and employee wellbeing, are as or more important to the talent we need to drive the future of the industry than salary alone – and diversity in itself is today critically important to tech companies’ bottom line.

Yet the industry leaders I speak to bemoan a lack of action and say that the tech sector is falling behind other industries in this crucial respect....