Business Disability Forum

About Business Disability Forum

We are the leading business membership organisation in disability inclusion. We work in partnership with business, Government, and disabled people to remove barriers to inclusion. Our 580+ members employ over 20% of the UK workforce and an estimated 8 million people worldwide.

Where to start

Find out more about how di​sability inclusion benefits everyone and why it is important for your business.

Why is representation and inclusion important for businesses?

It’s the right thing to do and it’s good for your business too:

• Our Global Disability Inclusion Research, found that more than 90 per cent of the global businesses that participated stated that ‘disability inclusion is the right thing to do’ at a global level.
• More than 80 per cent stated that it allows them to access a wider pool of talent, drives employee motivation, has an impact on sales and opportunities and supports business objectives.
• Businesses can’t afford to exclude a significant part of their talent pool – this is even more important in the current climate, when organisations are having to adapt quickly in order to survive.
• Diverse businesses and teams are more successful: Representation and inclusion reflect a wider range of experiences and viewpoints and that leads to better product and service design as well as decision making.
• Disabled consumers have significant spending power; in the UK the “Purple Pound” is estimated at £274bn annually and globally, this is a market the size of China!
• Increasingly selective and ethically minded consumers want to see businesses doing the right thing.
• The legal case – businesses that overlook diverse groups risk discrimination.