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Last week, we kicked off one of our in-person mentoring sessions for our Career Ready programme - and welcomed Mursal, a student from Portobello High School, to the Nile office for the first time. Career Ready is a UK-wide social mobility charity that supports young people in schools from under-represented backgrounds. At Nile, we’re really proud to support this work. We believe that talent lives everywhere - opportunity doesn't. That’s why we partner with Career Ready to help create experiences and pathways for young people who might not otherwise get the chance. You may remember some of us here at Nile did the 22 mile The Kiltwalk last year to raise funds for Career Ready. (Our legs have recovered we might even do it again. 😉) Over the coming months, Mursal will be popping into the office for her mentoring sessions. And in June, she along with another mentee will be joining us for a four-week paid internship, getting hands-on experience and learning what it’s like to be part of a forward thinking consultancy. It’s a small step for them - and a big reminder of why programmes like this matter and how valuable it is to support these school students as they take their first steps toward the world of work. #CareerReady #Mentoring #SocialMobility #FutureTalent #LifeAtNile

Join us! We're offering an Innovation and Enablement Support position (full-time, £35k) based at our offices in beautiful Circus Lane, Edinburgh. If you're currently in an ops or admin role but are ready to take the next step and tackle some exciting and tricky challenges, this is your moment. You'll be the glue that binds our teams, ensuring seamless operations, high-quality data, and efficient, automated processes. Curious? Intrigued? Read the full details at the link below: ** Please note this role is Edinburgh-based ** https://lnkd.in/eveJJ2jZ #Jobs #EdinburghJobs

Coaching, supporting, and sharing our skills with the VBI and AIA companies is - without exception - some of the most exciting and rewarding work we do at Nile. This year's been no exception; a great cohort, with some brilliant ideas. Get yourself along to the showcase if you can!

This Wednesday, we'll be heading to the The University of Edinburgh Venture Builder Incubator (VBI) and AI Accelerator (AIA) Showcase. Bringing together 35 early-stage and 12 later-stage startups, this event is a rare chance to see some of Scotland’s most exciting new businesses share their ideas and strategies for growth. We've been proud to play a key role in the AIA and VBI programmes over the last four years, helping founders refine their value propositions, sharpen their storytelling, and design better user experiences. Through training sessions, one-to-one mentoring, and bespoke workshops, we’ve seen first-hand how these programmes give companies the tools and confidence to grow. If you’re attending, we’d love to catch up – let’s talk innovation. 🚀

Yesterday, Niler Bridgette Bell attended the "Empowering Women Leaders in Tech" event in London. Hosted by Chamber UK and UKAI, it featured pioneering female entrepreneurs Edwina Dunn OBE and Martha Lane Fox, who talked about their book "When She's in the Room - How empowering women empowers the world". Some key takeaways on women in tech: • Visibility is crucial: The speakers observed that tech businesses founded by women often end up with a much more equal gender split. • Maths-to-tech disconnect: Girls often shine in maths and physics at school, but struggle to see how these can translate to exciting tech careers. The industry is recognising this gap and starting to take action - but much more needs to be done. • Women's health is finally getting attention: Science has long used men as stand-ins for everybody (labs didn't even test drugs on female mice!) A new focus on women's data will see growth in the 'femtech' space and create new opportunities. • What's in the AI box?: We need to know what data is feeding generative AI systems to spot and fix biases before they spread. As a woman-founded business ourselves, we're committed to ensuring nobody is left behind by the systems that shape our lives, so we were pleased to be at the event and look forward to more crucial conversations in this space.

It's B Corp Month. From community initiatives to renewable energy and ethical AI, we're committed to making our business a force for good. Ellie Hickman explains some of the steps we've been taking to do better. You can read our full B Corp Impact Report for the last 12 months on our website: https://lnkd.in/drCRiu8a #BCorpMonth #GenB #BCorp #sustainablebusiness #ukbusiness

The Financial Conduct Authority just shared a major update on support for customers in vulnerable circumstances. We've distilled some of the key highlights into this briefing. You can read the FCA's essential full vulnerability review here: https://lnkd.in/eVFkrMbU They've also shared additional documents and guidance on their website: • Good practice and areas for improvement: https://lnkd.in/e-3KjDg8 • Consumer research: https://lnkd.in/esEXVfVb • Good practice and areas for improvement on the consumer support outcome: https://lnkd.in/eRp8hgsx We're currently trusted by major financial institutions to help them deliver positive outcomes in this area. Drop us a line here on LinkedIn if you'd like to discuss how we can do the same for your business.

In unstable times, doing good matters more than ever. March is B Corp month, and we're proud to be part of the story. We achieved B Corp status in 2021, when fewer than 20 companies in Scotland had qualified. That's grown each year, now standing at 94 businesses with HQs in Scotland that are committed to delivering purpose as well as profit. This week, our Knowledge Manager Ellie Raeburn joined other B Corps and aspiring changemakers here in Edinburgh to explore how business can become a genuine force for good. #BCorp #ethicalbusiness #BCorpMonth #GenB

NatWest and Nile have been flipping the script on customer inclusion by taking a barriers-first approach to design. Why? Because it creates more actionable and effective outcomes. Want to find out more? Join us at the Market Research Society (MRS) Equality Summit in May.

Traditional approaches to diversity and inclusion in financial services have gone unchallenged for too long. Instead of trying to "design for everyone", we've taken a barrier-first approach with our client NatWest Group, considering exclusion as well as inclusion. By identifying and addressing the common barriers that services and banking systems create, this approach makes inclusion more actionable, effective and context-aware than broad, one-size-fits-all models. It ensures financial services work for those who need them most while improving experiences for everyone. We're excited to join NatWest on stage to share the outcomes of our work at the upcoming Market Research Society (MRS) Equality Summit in May. Check out the full programme and book here: https://lnkd.in/eqXfjNuS