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On Tuesday 23 March 2021, LBTS were voted by the three judges through to the final of the Sheriffs’ challenge! The topic this year was ‘Why is the post Covid-19 world completely different?’. Coached by WCIT Liveryman David Barker, the students met over eight weeks to brainstorm, research, plan, script and rehearse their 8-minute presentation. […]

On Tuesday, 23 March 2021, we held our third virtual Growth Tech event – The Funding and Talent Landscape Part 1. The three GT events planned for 2021 will focus on two of the most important issues for any entrepreneur, namely where to source capital and how to find talent. In the first of the […]

Congratulations to the Equality Committee for organising a stimulating panel discussion event on 9 March which marked International Women’s Day 2021.  Speakers included WCIT members Professor Sue Black OBE, Sarah Winmill, Tom Ilube CBE and Sheila Flavell CBE.  The theme of this year’s event was #choosetochallenge.  The panel covered a variety of topics ranging from their personal […]

The Financial Services Technology Panel has set out to be “the place to come to debate the issues of the day”, so began by tackling the vast, and often controversial, subjects of Environmental, Social and Governance, through a series of events. The first one in November 2020 aimed to inform, explore, and raise awareness around […]

Every year the Haberdashers’ Company joins with a modern livery company to deliver work experience for Year 12 students in their schools. The event would usually include a day’s work experience in host companies across the City with other activities at Haberdashers’ Hall. 2020 was the second year to work with WCIT. It became clear […]

During a City of London webinar that took place last week, entitled, “How do we end digital poverty?“. Helen Milner OBE, CEO of the Good Things Foundation, said: “Digital Poverty is embarrassing and not OK. Fixing it will boost the economy, improve health and well-being and level up opportunity.” The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists […]

One of the many programmes the WCIT Charity has been supporting is the funding of digital skills training (i-Reach) to support homeless people or those at risk of homelessness to become digitally literate. For the past 6 years, the WCIT Charity has been a strategic partner of Thames Reach, a London based charity that works […]