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Dan MasonJade TalbotFeeding Futures: why Free School Meals are a smart investment in our future workforce

07 July 2025

As National Employability Week 2025 starts, Dan Mason and Jade Talbot explore the long term impact of the recently announced expansion of free school meal provision for primary-age children on their future employment prospects.

Claudia Plowden RobertsJoseph CookThe business case for neuroinclusion 

02 July 2025

In the second blog of this series on neurodiversity in the workplace, Claudia Plowden Roberts and Joseph Cook discuss the benefits of neuroinclusion to organisations, and explore how employers can implement inclusion most successfully including high-profile business examples.

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