Skip to main content Sitemap
Prowess support for women in business
Prowess
The UK association of organisations and individuals
who support women to start and grow businesses

Newsletters

Click here to subscribe to our Ezine

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

Accessibility | Site map