The Small Business Vote? It’s too Close to Call
Labour have just edged ahead in an impartial poll of small business owners. But one third are still undecided.
Why It’s Time to Get Behind Women in Business
Today Prowess is launching the Charter for Women in Business to help close a business performance gap that costs the UK economy billions each year.
Promoting Enterprise: Q&A with Award Winner Louise Third
Louise has worked on high profile publicity campaigns promoting enterprise in the UK and has dedicated much of her career to promoting female entrepreneurship.
Staying on Holiday with Your Business
This summer, finding myself suddenly single in late spring, I decided to move – lock, stock and barrel to Spain. This was to be an adventure of a different kind and a much longer ‘holiday’ and work break than I had anticipated.
How Can We Make Women Central to Economic Value Creation?
Talkpoint: Career progression, a living wage and fair terms and conditions are all needed for women to have a share in the economic wealth they create. We ask how business can change to make this a reality
Budget 2014 for Women in Business: Tax-Free Childcare Investment
The extension of tax-free childcare to greater numbers of self-employed women. 2. Budget 2013 extended tax-free childcare to the self-employed for the first time; however, the offer excluded the majority of self-employed women who either work part-time or whose earnings are below the tax threshold. Budget 2014 has been adjusted to reduce that anomaly. According […]
New Tools Available to Help Identify, Protect and Grow Your Intellectual Property
The potential for businesses to succeed and grow has received a big boost today with the launch of new support tools to help small firms identify, protect and grow their intellectual property (IP) assets. The Intellectual Property Office launched ‘IP for Business’ – a suite of five business tools which make sure firms can tap into up-to-date guidance to help […]
From Waste into Wonder: Godavari Satpute
Turning waste into wonder has taken Godavari from rural Indian poverty to a successful business, employing over 70 women.
30 Day Blog Challenge Diary
Week one Got off to a good start with a few days at events – blogs wrote themselves. The next strength was digging out and finishing existing material that could be made into an article, e.g. credit unions and equity finance. An article on SEIS suggested by something I read on Twitter. Getting paid – […]
Workplace Mobbing: How to Spot it and Survive
Mobbing is a type of group workplace bullying more likely to affect sparky, entrepreneurial women. Here’s how to spot it and survive.