October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and to commemorate it, WeAreTheCity will be profiling a variety of different women who all carry the BRCA1 or 2 gene mutation. These mutations give the carrier a 75 per cent chance of developing breast or ovarian cancers. It is a hereditary gene, which can be passed down through...Read More

The Reignite Academy provides opportunities for experienced lawyers to return to the profession after a career hiatus, through a six month paid programme of training and work experience. The Academy is a unique collaboration between Inclusivity, She’s Back, and the XX Advantage and has six founding Law Firms committed to providing opportunities to enable you...Read More

WeAreTheCity’s Rising Star Awards are now in their fourth year. The Rising Star awards were introduced to showcase the UK pipeline of female talent below management and to create female 100 role models across 20 different industries and professions. Over the year’s, the awards have recognised 400 women across the UK and India. In this...Read More

Article provided by Tamara Lohan, CTO & Co-Founder of Mr & Mrs Smith Mr & Mrs Smith only exists because of a romantic weekend that went wrong. My boyfriend had whisked me away to the Lake District for what the guidebook promised would be a few days of luxury, style and sophistication. What we got...Read More

Launching The Urban Botanist and becoming my own boss four years ago was a very spontaneous career move, but I don’t regret a thing. I had travelled to Canada to visit family following the breakdown of my marriage and fell in love with a terrarium hanging in my aunt’s house. I hadn’t seen anything like...Read More