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Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 77 March 2010 New Development Manager for Prowess / STOP PRESS - Prowess Annual Conference 2010 / Small business and entrepreneurship in the 2010 election manifestos / Boardroom diversity could have averted financial crisis
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 76 March 2010 STOP PRESS - Prowess Annual Conference 2010/ Business and enterprise in the Budget 2010 / Government proposes new measures to address boardroom inequality / Global call for gender equality in the boardroom
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 75 February 2010 Conservatives announce plans to scrap Business Link / New parliamentary group for Women and Enterprise / UK reluctant to follow French lead with gender quotas / Free Women's Business Centre Quality Standard workshops for the North West
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 74 January 2010 French Government sparks debate over gender quotas / Women short-changed by ‘lipstick entrepreneur’ label / First Approved Women’s Business Centres announced
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 73 December 2009 A New Year and a new location for Prowess / National insurance increase could threaten business recovery / Government on course to streamline business support by 2010 / Women’s Business Centre Quality Standard website launched
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 72 November 2009 New Government measures to boost female entrepreneurship / Women-led businesses set to double in the next 10 years / Call for action to address growing enterprise gap in West Midlands/ Supporting Women in Business: Top Tips for Business Advisers
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 71 October 2009 EU appoints Female Entrepreneurship Ambassadors / Accreditation underway for Women’s Business Centre quality standard / Female entrepreneurship in Scotland hits all time low
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 70 September 2009 Banks welcome female entrepreneurs /Enterprise needs support to survive the upturn / Olderpreneurs critical to economic growth
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 69 July 2009 New £1billion Innovation Fund launched / Women-led SMEs less ambitious for growth / Post-recession recovery is not guaranteed
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.68 June 2009 Government merger creates new Department for Business, Innovation and Skills / Government names Alan Sugar as ‘enterprise tsar’ / Government launches small business review
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.67 May 2009 Future Jobs Fund open for bids / Fifth of small businesses not profitable since 2008 / UK urged to gear up for post-recession growth
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.66 April 2009 Sexism is bigger barrier to women in business than recession / Growth in women-led start-ups outperforms national average / ‘Women’s Business Centre’ quality standard pilot launched
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.65 March 2009 Recession sees sharp increase in demand for women’s enterprise support / Top Flagships announced / Equality measures in doubt as Government moves to prioritise support to business / Debate over impact of recession on women / Business support gap for ‘olderpreneurs’
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 64 February 2009 Women set to be hit hardest by recession / Government announces Real Help for Businesses / Economic imperative to encourage women as business leaders / £0.5billion for new business start-ups
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 63 December 2008 Female entrepreneurs better placed to survive recession/ Women more optimistic about role of entrepreneur in economic downturn/ Female entrepreneurs could be 'shot in the arm' for UK economy
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 62 November 2008 Government launches risk capital fund aimed at women-led businesses/Female leadership behaviour directly linked to enhanced company performance/International Women's Enterprise experts join Prowess UK study tour/Business Support Simplification - latest from BERR
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.61 October 2008 U.S celebrates 20th anniversary of the Women's Business Ownership Act/Cabinet reshuffle failes to improve gender balance/Women to dominate workforce by 2033/Financial crisis
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.60 August/September 2008 EU eases state aid rules for female entrepreneurs/Strong growth ambitions of female-led SMEs revealed/Victory for single-group specialist support services/'One size fits all' business support interventions don't work says DEMOS
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.59 June/July 2008 Equality bill to tackle gender pay gap/Government opening up business to SMEs/77% of ambassadors back women-only enterprise training/Top award for women who are changing the face of UK enterprise
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 58 May 2008 Women choosing enterprise for balanced life/US bank makes $100m investment in women's enterprise in developing world/Female entrepreneurs not aware of government grants/female entrepreneurs changing the face of UK philanthropy
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.57 April 2008 Women top new Government Enterprise Strategy/Tough test trading rule hits women the hardest/Sexism in the City - Spotlight on the square mile/Women-owned businesses encourgaed to bid for 2012 contracts
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.56 March 2008 Women President's Organization launches in London/Major Women's procurment initiative launched in Commons/PM announces women in business mentoring scheme/Female entrepreneurship skyrockets in US - find out why
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.55 February 2008 Women owned companies better at bills/Major new Women's Enterprise Centre for West Midlands/Mum magnates attribute success to baby bounce/Prowess Awards 2008: Now open for nominations
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.54 December 2007 Boardroom diversity promotes innovation/Massive gender gap for high-expectation entrepreneurs/Number of female directors breaks though 1 million mark/True economic impact of US female entrepreneurs revealed
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.53 November 2007 Quick fix approach to business support failing women/Women critical to Ireland's entrepreneurial future/New Women's Enterprise Centre for North West/Women bring home the dough
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.52 October 2007 Government kick-starts new enterprise framework/98% approval for women specific enterprise support/Female resignations hit 30 year high
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.51 July/August 2007 Enterprise overhaul at Whitehall/1,000 strong network to champion women's enterprise/Female entrepreneurs more confident about growth/Business Support Simplification Programme - consultation
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.50 June 2007 Women's Enterprise Task Force unveils priorities/Female CEOs promote culture change/Welcome to the Angels Den/New online course for women entrepreneurs
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 49 April/May 2007 Public Gender Duty could transform business support/women want more than a spa discount and a pink website/£9.9m initiative to support under-represented groups in enterprise/UK 'sleepwalking' into a two state nation
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 48 February/March 2007 Training critical to women's enterprise says GEM/LDA sets out vision for women's enterprise growth in London/Childcare costs soar to 1/3 of average earnings/Launch of EU Women Inventors and Innovators network
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.47 January 2007 Drop in number of FTSE 100 female directors/£4.5 million for UK's first women-only venture capital fund/25% increase of women in top business league/Latest women's enterprise stats reveal the challenges/European Social Fund - Have your say
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.46 November 2006 Two heads better than one - Minister announces Task Force Chairs/Young women four times less entrepreneurial than young men/Top business women paid less and work longer hours than men/Number of self-employed women hits the 1 million mark
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No. 45 October 2006 Radical downsizing of Small Business Service/Sharp drop in women in British boardrooms/£4.4 billion contribution of Kitchen-table tycoons/Yorkshire Forward tackels region's enterprise gender gap
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.44 September 2006 Government emphasises commitment to women friendly business support in every region/Study reveals gender bias implicit in bank lending decisions/New women's enterprise leads in three regions/US announces Strategic Framework for Women's Enterprise
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.43 July/August 2006 Women better at business, says new study/RDA writes 'Flagship Award' into business support contracts/Minister names women's enterprise as key priority/Women driving UK enterprise increase/Female social entrepreneurs lead the way
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.42 June 2006 SBS must be held to account says National Audit Office/Blair calls for 'ambitious action plan' for Women and Work Commission/Pioneering women's enterprise unit for West Midlands/Lack of funding deterring female entrepreneurs
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.41 May 2006 £580bn untapped enterprise potential/FEB reports drop in female enterprise/Women and Equality Unit moves from the DTI/One Northeast invites tenders for women's enterprise unit pilots/First regional business link contracts announced
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.40 March/April 2006 Chancellor calls for radical 'deprolifertation' of business support/€52 million for new European Gender Institute/EEDA launches Directory of Business Support for Women/Gender Equality Duty - Code of Practice Consultation
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.39 February 2006 Bureaucratic hold-up threatens Government Women's Enterprise strategy/Enterprise training doubles likelihood of business start-ups/impact of women's business centers revealed/married couples business tax 'bad for business, bad for women'
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.38 December-January 2005-06 Chancellor announces national women's enterprise task force/tax credit change offers more support to female entrepreneurs/public gender duty/east midlands aim for equal numbers of women and men in business
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.37 November 2005 Business leaders call for National Women's Enterprise Commission/SEEDA pledges 10,000 more women-owned businesses/RDAs welcome multilateral vision for women's enterprise/Sharp increase in enterprise aspirations of young women
Women's Enterprise (UK) News No.36 September/October 2005
Public gender duty to spark major cultural change/CBI question women's enterprise progress/LDA pioneer gendered enterprise targets/sharp increase in female graduate enterprise/prejudice about women entrepreneurs still rife/petition the EU to stop gender equality cut backs