Over £1bn has been pledged for women to start their own businesses - so what are you waiting for?
The Telegraph's Women Mean Business campaign launched in 2018 and sparked a Government-backed review Three years ago, on International Women’s Day 2018, The Telegraph launched its landmark Women Mean Business campaign, which shone a light on the difficulties faced by female entrepreneurs. The campaign honed in on the shocking funding gap: around a third of UK businesses are owned by women, but female-led start-ups receive only nine per cent of venture capital funding. This limits the potential scope of these businesses, and stops women achieving their potential. Within 24 hours after the...
Source: telegraph.co.uk