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Private care providers in three English regions made £250m in three years. More than third of the profits we analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens.
Today's report covered in @guardian
theguardian.com/society/2025…
NEW REPORT: £250m has been taken as profit, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions, over the last 3 years, by orgs:
⛴️ Owned by private equity firms
🏝️ Or owned by orgs based in tax havens
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JoBurkill retweeted
27 Jan 2025
NEW! Our landmark #EndTwoTierWorkforce report is out, with key suggestions on how to make work fairer for our nurses, builders, bus drivers & all frontline workers, when it comes to having more autonomy and control of working pattern. timewise.co.uk/article/endin…
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JoBurkill retweeted
20 Nov 2024
Fun Fact: Linda McMahon will be the first Secretary of Education to survive a Stone Cold Stunner.
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12 Nov 2024
Sign up for the 1st in our NEW webinar series with @finan_fairness, about ending disparity re: flexibility & job security in the UK workforce.
Join @nyecominetti I @VicTaylorJones I @thebigbogg I @claremcneil1
Thurs 21 Nov, 9am
✒️us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
#EndTwoTierWorkforce
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JoBurkill retweeted
23 Sep 2024
We are a #socialbusiness and passionate about our work. Read our latest #socialimpact report to see how we’re making a difference. timewise.co.uk/social-impact…
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19 Oct 2024
Please make this drug available on the NHS 🙏
19 Oct 2024
‘To make decisions which stop us living fully doesn’t make any sense’
Why has a drug that can extend life for advanced breast cancer patients not been made available on the NHS?
@itsanitarani hears from Kate Wills, one of the women affected by the decision on Enhertu ⬇️
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15 Oct 2024
“Minor setback, major comeback” - mantra to get you over humps while changing your career @MidlifeLive. This piece of advice comes from the incredible Karen Blackett. Thanks to #PhoenixInsights #CareersCanChange for the invite. Fab event.
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JoBurkill retweeted
4 Aug 2024
This week’s riots aren’t happening in a vacuum. We’re living and breathing on platforms that billionaires have optimised for outrage. This is the world that social media made.
My piece for @ObserverUK with contributions from the great @mariaressa more
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JoBurkill retweeted
1 Aug 2024
Find out why Timewise has partnered with @4Day_Week over its coming Autumn pilot - & what our role is in it.
Our hope is that different kinds of organisations will feel empowered to to trial flexible working via the new offer 🛠 🏥 🏗 🚒.
Read our blog: timewise.co.uk/article/could…
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23 Jul 2024
Where has this been all my life?
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JoBurkill retweeted
24 Jul 2024
Flexible working in retail and grocery - can it ever work?
Yes. Our comments included @gazettegrocery 👇🛒
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JoBurkill retweeted
23 Jul 2024
🎧 In our last #PartTimeWorks podcast ep, @clairecampbellj is joined by @emmavj, @ftworkcareers, to refect & ask: what next, for part-time?
It's been a pleasure to bring you this series with #PhoenixInsights.
Are YOU looking for help re: part-time? If so, see podnotes🧵
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19 Jul 2024
Watching @zsk live - what a phenomenal job she is doing of reporting on this enormous worldwide outrage story and helping make it more understandable. Well done and thank you Zoe 👏👏👏
19 Jul 2024
Woke up this morning to MASSIVE global outage affecting trains, planes, banks, supermarkets around the world. Sky News off air. Microsoft says it’s investigating a US cloud issue. Lots of fingers pointing at an anti-virus update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike.
BBC live page here
bbc.co.uk/news/live/cnk4jdwp…
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JoBurkill retweeted
16 Jul 2024
Behind the scenes of @Timewise's 2 yr #FlexForAll prog with @EmploymtStudies in construction, nursing and retail, backed by @ImpUrbanHealth. Pinpointing the benefits of widening access to flexibility, to site-based & frontline employees. @GSTTnhs @WeAreMcAlpine @Wickes
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16 Jul 2024
We are so proud to bring this to you today… vital news re: work, health and equality across the workforce…
16 Jul 2024
NEW! Read our #FlexForAll report with @EmploymtStudies: timewise.co.uk/article/flex-…
A 2y programme evidencing the impact of flexibility on individuals and organisations in frontline sectors:
📈Health & wellbeing improves
🤒Far fewer fall sick
🧳Less likely to leave jobs.
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JoBurkill retweeted
15 Jul 2024
This is a fantastic initiative!
15 Jul 2024
IT'S HERE! Our gorgeous new cookbook, Soup for Good, is now available for pre-order – and if we get 400 orders in the next 4 weeks through our crowdfunder campaign, we'll raise a massive £50,000 to support and scale our community work. Will you help? cookforgood.uk/crowdfunder
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