How UK Universities Help Women Build Entrepreneurial Skills
Don’t listen to people who say that university’s a waste of time if you want to run your own business. The gap between business skills and higher education is closing. Lianne Wilkinson shares her experience and tips.
Market Research for UK Startups: Ten Practical Tips
Market research is not a dirty word – it’s a reason to get out more and be inspired. It’s an excuse for a party, a reason to eat cake and it’s a great way to expand your network.
Self-employment with sight loss: how I built a business
When visual impairment was stopping her getting a job, Steph Cutler decided to employ herself. Ten years later, as she has grown and developed with the business, she looks back on what she’s learned.
Marketing a vegan food business: how Victoria Prince built Energy Ball Recipes
When Victoria Prince started Energy Ball Recipes, she was working from her kitchen table, testing recipes and brand ideas alongside her marketing day job. She launched the business on Kickstarter and, within a year, had secured an exclusive range at Selfridges, dispatched hundreds of recipe kits around the world, been approached by Dragons’ Den producers, […]
A new jewel of a support network for business women in Hertfordshire
The ‘Sapphire’ women’s business network has been launched to deliver much more than your standard business networking group for women in Hertfordshire.
The Future of Work is Here: Are You Ready for the New Reality?
If you work in a big organisation today, odds are that you will be self-employed in the very near future. How can you equip yourself for the new reality.
Success is about Making a Difference
Founder of Company of Women, Anne Day, shares her business journey. Facing tough challenges taught her that money is just one element of success: mostly it’s about fulfillment and time.
Reaping the rewards of social media marketing for women in business
Social media can be an effective way to get your company out there to a wide, yet tailored, selection of potential clients and customers.