With parental responsibilities affecting women’s career paths, many face obstacles when returning to work and finding their feet in the workplace. How can companies support and facilitate women in their desire to grow and thrive within the workforce and continue to close the gender pay gap?

A Twitter bot is helping expose the hypocrisy in the way some businesses approach IWD by sharing gender pay gap information. As stress and pressure mount on women, brands have the opportunity to consider how deep changes can better support women, rather than leaning on empty tweets.

‘Influence’ is a multi-billion dollar industry. But what actually is it? Who determines who has it? And what impact does it have on society? Canvas8 spoke to brand and trend strategist Olivia Yallop about the future of influencer ubiquity and how brands can stay ahead in an influence economy.

The creator economy has come to indicate a variety of next-generation platforms that aim to compensate creators directly, rather than relying on social ad revenue. But with only top creators reaping rewards, people are wary of how these platforms might bring the gig economy to creative work.