Sky announces £1m enterprise initiative to support Black entrepreneursOFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY SKY the Black community The new allocation of funds will support Black business founders in the UK by: Identifying the barriers to succeeding faced by Black entrepreneurs in the UK The successful delivery partner and recipient of the enterprise initiative has been identified and will be announced in early 2022. The delivery partner will work with Sky to address the unique barriers Black entrepreneurs face when starting their business. In addition, the fund aims to create scalable models for supporting Black founders in British business which will be published and shared. The long-term aim is to incorporate these diverse-owned businesses into Sky’s own supply chain. This will build on Sky’s goals as a signatory to the Business in the Community’s Race At Work 2021 charter, which commits Sky to increasing the number of Black and minority-led enterprise owners in its supply chains. Sky’s £30m has already funded a three-year partnership between Sky and Kick It Out to drive inclusion in football and make it easier for football fans to report discrimination. In January 2021, Sky set ambitious targets to increase ethnic diversity and representation across its UK workforce. By 2025, Sky is aiming for 20% of its employees in the UK & Ireland to be from Black, Asian, or ethnically diverse backgrounds, with at least a quarter of these being Black. This target also applies to Sky’s leadership team.
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December 20, 2021 6:51am ET by SKY |