No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens
Michelle Obama Did you know?
Women are nearly five times more likely to mention family reasons for becoming self- employed than men
There are now over 1.5 million self-employed women in the UK
Boosting female entrepreneurship could add £60billion to the UK economy 21 per cent of UK SMEs are led by women, contributing £75billion to economic output
Women-led businesses make up 56 per cent of the health services sector but 11 per cent in information and communications