by Danny Bowman One of my hardest times suffering from a mental illness was at school; a mix between dealing with the tribulations of pre-adulthood and the lack of understanding shown by my peers and teachers. That’s why when I was asked by Altruist Enterprises to speak to students at Cranford Community College, Hounslow in my capacity as mental health […]
Before tomorrow’s Women of Influence Conference at the Army and Navy Club, Parliament Street Chairman, Clare Ambrosino discusses the ideas that inspired her to create the Women of Influence initiative . Why women need to join together to ensure that their voice is heard in the boardroom With so many powerful women in key roles, May and Merkel, Sandberg and Mayer […]
Parliament Street, one of the UK’s leading think tanks, is to host a major Women of Influence Conference in London. The event, which will take place on Saturday January 21st at the prestigious Army and Navy Club, will include panel discussions and speeches from leading women in law, new media, politics and the technology industry. Announcing the conference, Georgia Toffolo, […]
By Kate Baldwin Drawing more investment in technology than that of any other European country in 2016, there is no question that the UK is a global force in technology. Yet, women remain sorely underrepresented in the industry. Just under one quarter of the tech industry workforce are women, compared to 47% of workers as a whole – and one […]
Kate joined Parliament Street in 2016 and specialises in technology communications. Since joining Parliament Street, Kate has taken on the issue of getting more women involved in technology and run a highly successful symposium on Cybercrime at the House of Commons. Kate can be contacted at kate.baldwin@parliamentstreet.org
by Georgia Toffolo It is no secret that the majority of resolutions, made with the best of intentions on January 1st , end up pretty much forgotten by the month’s end. No wonder, when you have to deal with the horror that is January, giving up the things you love the most is enough to drive anyone insane. So perhaps, […]
By Richard Holloway – Director of Housing and Planning Ask someone why house prices have rocketed 200% in the last 30 years and they will usually point to the lack of new house building as the primary cause of the struggle facing a whole generation of Britons. If you ask on certain sections of Twitter you might be pointed at […]
On Wednesday 24th January 2014 in Committee Room 20 of the House of Commons, Parliament Street held a debate on the HS2 Railway. Debating on behalf of HS2 was Steve Norris, former Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party and former Minister for London Transport. Debating against HS2 was Christian Wolmar – leading transport commentator and journalist who was named Transport Journalist […]
On Sunday 29th September 2013, Parliament Street held its Annual Conservative Party Reception at the Petersfield Suite in the Midland Hotel between 19.30-21.00. The evening reception was packed despite upgrading to a significantly larger venue compared to last year, with long queues through the Midland Hotel before the doors even opened. The guest of honour was the Secretary of State […]
On Monday 29th September, Parliament Street held a Conservative Party Conference fringe event with the Rt. Hon. Andrew Mitchell MP, former Secretary of State for International Development. The event took place between 5.30-7pm in Room 7 of the ICC in Birmingham with just over 40 people in attendance. Andrew spoke for about half an hour about all he had learnt […]
