Inspired Live Presents: Salary Transparency in Publishing

Salary transparency is becoming an increasingly important conversation for employers, recruiters and candidates. With government plans proposing that employers publish salary information in job adverts as part of wider anti-discrimination reforms, publishing businesses may soon need to think more carefully about how they approach pay disclosure.

Taking place on Friday 25 September at 12:00pm, this Inspired Live panel will bring together Verity Hawson, Managing Director of Inspired Selection, Jo Tidball, Founder of We Show the Salary, Andy Macdonald FCIPD, Chief People Officer at IOP Publishing, and Patrick Milnes, Head of Policy at the British Chambers of Commerce.

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Together, they’ll explore what changing expectations around salary transparency could mean for publishing employers, from candidate trust and application quality to internal equity, retention, employer brand and the practical steps businesses may need to take before becoming more open about pay.

This session is designed for publishing leaders, HR and People teams, hiring managers, department heads and anyone involved in attracting, engaging or retaining talent. It will be a timely, practical and honest conversation about what is changing, why it matters and how employers can prepare.

A bit more about our panel:

Jo Tidball is the founder of We Show the Salary, a not-for-profit organisation working for salary transparency on UK job ads – to make recruitment fairer and more inclusive, and to help close pay gaps. Since launching in April 2025, around 330 employers, recruitment businesses and job boards have pledged to show the salary on 100% of their job ads and earned We Show the Salary accreditation. Jo draws on a background in charity comms, copywriting and PR to lead the organisation's messaging and growth.

Andy Macdonald is Chief People Officer at IOP Publishing, a leading international scientific publishing organisation. As a member of the Executive Leadership Team, he leads global people strategy, organisational transformation, talent and culture initiatives that support innovation and sustainable business growth. Andy has extensive experience in organisational change, leadership development, workforce strategy and business resilience, and is passionate about helping organisations build high-performing, inclusive and future-ready workplaces.

Patrick has been working in the employment sector since 2015, beginning his career as a recruitment consultant in the finance tech sector for Hays recruitment. He joined the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (REC) in 2018, initially as a legal advisor, before moving into policy and campaigns, focusing on employment rights, skills and compliance. Patrick moved to become Head of Policy for People and Work at the BCC last year, and is now leading the BCC’s work on the Employment Rights Act, skills policy and wider employment related issues.