Profit for a Purpose: Why CSR Works for Small UK Businesses
Even the smallest business can be socially responsible. As Penny Bond has discovered, focusing on purpose as well as profit could give businesses of any size that critical ‘edge’ and deliver real success.
Funding for Growth: How UK Women Founders Lead With Purpose
Banks aren’t interested in funding companies who don’t know their marketing plan from their elbow. They will want to look at your marketing strategies and vision. And of course what the return on their investment will be…
Halla Tómasdóttir: Feminine Values Still Reshape Finance
Halla Tómasdóttir built Icelandic investment firm Audur Capital on five feminine values in finance: risk awareness, straight talking, emotional capital, profit with principles and independence. When Iceland’s banking system collapsed in 2008, Audur Capital stayed solvent while larger institutions failed. Her 2010 TEDWomen talk showed that finance does not have to be aggressive, opaque or […]
Build a Transparent Company Culture in Your Small Business
Do you trust your staff? Enough to let them know everything about the business, even to set their own salaries? Paulina Sygulska does. She shares her experience in this article.
How Peer Support Helps UK Women-Led Businesses Grow
Viv Parry built her cake business from the assets of a company that went bust. Peer to peer funding and training are driving growth.
Work-Life Integration: Focus on What Really Matters
Are you too busy? How many of the tasks you complete each day genuinely move your business and life forward? For many women in business in the UK, the answer is sobering. We pack calendars, answer emails late into the evening, and still feel behind. Rather than trying to do even more, it may be […]
From Kitchen Table to Boardroom: UK Women in Business 2026
Women are less constrained by the ‘social norms’ of who we ‘should’ be in business, and far better able to build a business based on our reality and values.
Negotiation for Women: Skills to Close the UK Pay Gap
Traditional negotiation styles can backfire for women. But you can play to your strengths and win, or even better win-win.
What UK charities teach small firms about passion and purpose
When you put profit to one side, your cause — and your passion for it — is key to your eventual success.
UK Business Partnership: Date First Before You Commit
Partnership can make or break your business. Preparation makes all the difference.