Economic dips come and go and in their wake businesses are left struggling financially. A number succumb to their wounds while others end up as zombie companies unable to do anything other than just about service their debts.
The Equal Pay Act was introduced in the UK more than half a century ago, and yet many organisations still fail to pay male and female staff equally. Birmingham City Council, for one, is being forced to make a monumental payout due to historic pay iniquities, and there are many other employers in the ring line. Lauren Weymouth reports