Responsible Business
Bishop Fleming’s approach is to place responsible business at the heart of everything we do.
Fleur Lewis, Responsible Business Lead
Responsible Business Report 2022-23
We are delighted to publish our second Responsible Business Impact Report. This covers our financial year, June 2022 to May 2023, and highlights our commitment and strategic focus to being a healthier business for our clients, staff, communities, and environment.
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Support + wellbeing
Building strong relationships. Being honest and trustworthy. And enabling people to achieve their best. These are the principles that define our business. Join us and you’ll find it’s how we treat you, too. We’re active members of Business In The Community (BITC). This means we’re committed to healthy business, healthy communities and healthy environment.
For you, this means you’ll have clear objectives. Fair pay and rewards. You’ll be listened to and respected. In a welcoming, engaging and collaborative environment that supports your professional growth. And your personal wellbeing.
Business in the Community
At Bishop Fleming, we’ve always done the right thing. For our clients and our people. Our membership of Business In The Community underlines our commitment to this.
Being a Business In The Community member simply means being a responsible business. Focusing on the health of our business, communities and environment. Just as important, it’s about measuring our impact. Holding ourselves to account to achieve our goals. And being honest about how far we still have to go.
For our people it’s about getting involved. Helping us to identify priorities. Putting them into action. And creating a healthy, supportive and enjoyable workplace. In short, it’s a genuine opportunity to influence the firm’s future.
Fair + rewarding
Join us and you’ll enjoy working in an environment where you’re treated as an adult. Where you’re trusted to work flexibly to meet your team’s and your clients’ needs. And enjoy your personal life. With rewards based on your performance. Including benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.
You’ll find a place where you genuinely enjoy working. Where you’re encouraged to continuously develop. With interesting and varied work. High quality coaching and mentoring. And support to gain professional qualifications. Most of all, you’ll discover a business where you genuinely have a voice. So you can play an active role in shaping our future.
Inclusion + diversity
Inclusion and diversity are critical to developing our business. It’s about reflecting the diversity of our clients and our communities. Creating an inclusive work environment for everyone. And making you feel welcomed and supported, whatever your background.
We focus on five key areas. Supporting women. Encouraging social mobility. Being a more ethnically diverse business. Supporting LGBTQ+ employees. And supporting disabled and neurodiverse people.
This means setting policies and strategies that bring about positive change. Offering thorough training at every level. And understanding where we can do better. It’s about creating an atmosphere where people feel confident to raise any issues. To develop a genuinely inclusive, diverse and welcoming environment.
Equality + support
We were a founding signatory of the 'Women in Business Charter'. So, we’re committed to increasing the number of women at every level of the firm.
That’s why we’ve created a range of initiatives to support our female colleagues. Such as a network giving every woman in the firm access to a female mentor. Ensuring there’s at least one female interviewer on every job panel. Enhancing our maternity pay and producing a guide for managers on supporting team members who go on maternity leave. And introducing the Women’s Work Lab that helps unemployed mums to get ready for the workplace.
It’s all about creating a welcoming workplace where women can achieve their full potential. And this extends to our clients where we have an active Women in Business networking group that get involved in great activities like coasteering, stand up paddleboarding, creative activities and more.
We are a UK's Best Workplace™ for Women 2023.
Broadening horizons + practical support
We aim to support our clients by reflecting the communities we work in. It’s not just the right thing to do. It makes sound business sense. That’s why we organised a social mobility week to support disadvantaged school students. We invited local students into our Bristol and Plymouth offices and gave them skills workshops. Even took them to client meetings. So we could open their eyes to careers they may never have thought of. And encourage them to achieve their full potential.
And it’s why we support the Hargreaves Lansdown Strive Black Interns scheme. Working with universities to offer two internships a year. Specifically for local students from BAME backgrounds.
collaboration
Community + contributing
We’re committed to supporting our local communities. So, we encourage our people to give back as much as possible. Join us and you’ll find plenty of opportunities to get involved. That might involve volunteering as a Business Advisor for Young Enterprise. Getting involved in our social mobility programmes to mentor disadvantaged students. Joining a team to go beach cleaning at lunchtime or after work. Or taking part in one of the many running events we sponsor. Whatever you get involved in, you’ll enjoy the chance to give something back to the community you work in.