Benefits to Business: A Single Parent’s Start-Up Story
Life is very tough at the moment. In the last month I haven’t even been able to feed my children. So why have I decided to start a business now? What brought me to this point and what has led me to believe I will succeed?
Prowess Connect: Join a UK Women in Business Network
If you are passionate about supporting women in business and pushing for positive change, Prowess Connect may be for you.
Q&A: Louise Third, Champion for UK Women in Business
Louise has worked on high profile publicity campaigns promoting enterprise in the UK and has dedicated much of her career to promoting female entrepreneurship.
Can the UK’s Disadvantaged Groups Benefit from Enterprise?
‘How can the most disadvantaged groups benefit from enterprise?’ to be blunt, they can’t within the current government system, or at least to say it’s very difficult, Aaron Barbour, Research and Policy Manager at linksUK, told the Prowess Conference in March 2009.
Mothers of Invention: What Two Mums Teach Women Founders UK
How the ‘power of the playground’ helped two mums, with no design experience, invent and launch Splats.
High-Growth Mindset: Are You Ready to Scale Your Business?
Assess if you are oriented towards achieving high growth for your business.
Autumn Budget 2026: Women Entrepreneurs Still Overlooked?
Why George Osborne’s 2012 Autumn statement leaves women in business out in the cold.
Women’s Self-Employment UK: Why It Still Needs a Voice
Prowess Editor Erika Watson came out fighting for women business owners on last night’s BBC Newsnight.
Business Link to GOV.UK: Women’s Business Support Improved?
The Business Link website was a vital resource for UK businesses. Has its replacement Gov.UK thrown the baby out with the bathwater?
Tax-Free Childcare for Self-Employed Parents in 2026
Yesterday’s budget introduced tax-free childcare. That’s great news for most self-employed parents. But at the same time childcare support is getting tighter for self-employed parents moving onto Universal Credit.