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Media release: Skills Alliance programme delivers specialist support to Scottish businesswomen WOMEN’S Enterprise Scotland has partnered with First Sentier Investors to deliver a pilot business guidance programme for businesswomen in Scotland. The six-month Skills Alliance programme is designed to provide tailored support for a cohort of women running businesses in Scotland, matching these women with experienced business guides from First Sentier Investors so that they can benefit from ongoing support. Businesswomen who signed up to the Women’s Business Centre digital platform were eligible to apply and a cohort of 13 have been selected, based throughout Scotland and running a wide variety of businesses. ....
Media release: WES welcomes £50m Women’s Business Centre election commitment WOMEN’S Enterprise Scotland has welcomed an election commitment to invest £50m in the creation of a Women’s Business Centre. The commitment, announced last week by Finance Secretary, Kate Forbes MSP, comes just four weeks after Women’s Enterprise Scotland launched its 2021 Manifesto for Change, focusing on the critical importance of developing and supporting women’s enterprise as part of Scotland’s future economic prosperity. The WES manifesto focuses on five priority areas for positive change, including the call for a National Women’s Business Centre in Scotland. ....
Media release: Women Enterprise Scotland launches ‘manifesto for change’ WOMEN’S Enterprise Scotland is today (1 March) launching its 2021 Manifesto for Change, focusing on the critical importance of developing and supporting women’s enterprise as part of Scotland’s future economic prosperity. The launch of the manifesto, which focuses on five priority areas for positive change, comes in the run-up to International Women’s Day on 8 th March. It calls on the next Scottish Government to make key commitments in supporting women’s, including enabling greater access to finance and ensuring business support services are more aware of women’s needs. ....
Media release: WES gives boost to leadership skills of women in tech A NEW, leadership programme for women working in Scotland’s technology sector will launch on Monday 25 January – after being overwhelmed with demand. Delivered by Women’s Enterprise Scotland, the programme will develop leadership skills and support resilience and well-being resilience amongst women in tech. It consists of six single day workshops for 20 participants over six weeks, from 25 January to 2 March, plus one-to-one discussions and access to ongoing digital support. The aim of the programme is to enable leadership development, address inequalities and retain women already in the sector, boost women’s career prospects, and increase employer awareness of the economic benefits of equality and diversity. ....