The evidence, the funding and the honest stories behind UK women in business
Prowess is the UK’s longest-running editorial platform for women starting, funding and growing businesses. New guidance, data and founder voices.
Women and Negotiation: What the Research Actually Shows
Women and negotiation research reveals it’s backlash and ambiguity, not confidence, that drive the gap, plus what actually closes it for UK women.
Founders, experts and operators, speaking plainly about what building a business actually takes.
AI gender bias: women experts disappear from search
AI governance strategist Azahara Corrales on why AI defaults to male experts, what AI gender bias means for women in business, and how to fix your visibility.
Set up a business today
The first moves, in order, from idea to registered business.
Sole trader or limited company
The structure decision that shapes your tax, risk and funding options.
Grants for women in business
Live schemes, eligibility and how to write an application that gets funded.
Write a grant application that gets funded
UK evidence, scoring criteria and the mistakes that sink most bids.
Women in business: the key UK facts
The numbers behind women’s enterprise in the UK, sourced and dated.
Business events this month
Networking, awards and training, checked and dated.