In the last two years it has introduced shared services with neighbouring Bromsgrove, with which it shares its chief executive.
"We have already introduced shared parental leave across the civil service and a new online job share portal to help people identify job-share opportunities across the organisation".
The UK has also introduced shared parental leave, but equality campaigners are concerned too few families can afford for fathers to take it.
The government introduced shared paternity leave in April but its own assessments showed few men – 2-8% – were likely to take it up.
Following a move by Verizon, AT&T recently introduced shared data plans, which allow subscribers to share a set amount of wireless data across multiple devices, like smartphones and tablets.
In late June, Verizon introduced "shared data" plans, which allow customers to pay for a pool of wireless data and share it across multiple smartphones, tablets and laptops, a first for the American wireless industry.
In addition, aviation companies that in the last 10 years have introduced shared ownership programs for private planes (think of a shared Hamptons beach house, but with flight attendants) have in recent weeks expanded their programs to be more affordable.
Earlier this year ministers had rejected the advice from the economist David Norgrove, who chaired an independent official review into family justice, and warned of the situation in Australia after the country introduced "shared parenting" rights.
In my department, we boosted the advanced manufacturing and creative industries, undertook corporate governance reform, introduced shared parental leave and flexible working, rescued the Post Office and much else.
Verizon Wireless and AT&T, who together account for about two-thirds of U.S. wireless subscribers, can raise prices with impunity and often appear to act in lockstep: Both companies introduced "share everything" plans within about a month of each other and announced they would phase out unlimited use data plans.
