Empowering Women in Business | Simply Business

Only 29 per cent of small businesses in the UK are run by women, falling to just 4 per cent in the trades. We surveyed women business owners to dig deeper into the challenges they face and the opportunities ahead.

Our research found one in three female entrepreneurs have experienced sexism as a business owner, and one in five face unequal access to opportunities. By offering exclusive mentoring sessions with Baroness Karren Brady CBE and our first ever webinar, we wanted to empower existing founders and those considering starting their own business to enable their big dreams.

Key challenges for women in business

Our survey of more than 800 women who run their own businesses highlighted some of the key barriers they face as business owners. Read the full report.

We hosted our first ever small business webinar on Thursday 17 March, which featured inspiring talks from Karren Brady and our Business Boost 2021 winners, Watch This Sp_ce. You can find out more about our speakers below.

Empowering Women in Business Webinar

Tips for small business owners and startups

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Empowering Women in Business

1 in 3 female business owners have experienced sexism

Only 29 per cent of small businesses in the UK are run by women, falling to just 4 per cent in the trades. We surveyed women business owners to dig deeper into the challenges they face and the opportunities ahead. 

Our research found one in three female entrepreneurs have experienced sexism as a business owner, and one in five face unequal access to opportunities. By offering exclusive mentoring sessions with Baroness Karren Brady CBE and our first ever webinar, we wanted to empower existing founders and those considering starting their own business to enable their big dreams.

© Copyright 2022 Simply Business. All Rights Reserved. Simply Business is a trading name of Xbridge Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (Financial Services Registration No: 313348). Xbridge Limited (No: 3967717) has its registered office at 6th Floor, 99 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7NG.

Address

6th Floor
99 Gresham Street
London
EC2V 7NG

Sol House
29 St Katherine’s Street
Northampton
NN1 2QZ

Key challenges for women in business

Our survey of more than 800 women who run their own businesses highlighted some of the key barriers they face as business owners.
Read the full report.

Join us to hear from inspiring women in business who challenge the stereotypes and are making an impact on their communities. 

Date: Thursday, 17 March
Time: 12 to 1pm 

This free event is for everyone in the small business world to feel inspired and take home tips for running a successful business.

Empowering Women in Business webinar

Empowering Women in Business Webinar

We hosted our first ever small business webinar on Thursday 17 March, which featured inspiring talks from Karren Brady and our Business Boost 2021 winners, Watch This Sp_ce. You can find out more about our speakers below.

Tips for small business owners and startups

Empowering Women in Business webinar

Join us to hear from inspiring women in business who challenge the stereotypes and are making an impact on their communities.

Date: Thursday, 17 March
Time: 12 to 1pm

This free event is for everyone in the small business world to feel inspired and take home tips for running a successful business.

Our mentorship competition has now closed

To help one female business owner develop the skills and confidence to grow their business, we gave away an exclusive one-hour mentoring session with Karren Brady CBE.

We’re delighted to announce our mentorship winner is a visual merchandiser and greeting card maker from Bristol.
Meet the winner.

Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know about future competitions.

Terms and conditions apply

Karren Brady is Vice Chairman of West Ham United Football Club, a Peer in the House of Lords and features on BBC’s The Apprentice. She’s one of the UK’s leading female business speakers, a best selling author, columnist and is a
non-executive director of global media businesses.

In 2013 she was awarded a CBE for her contribution to women in business and entrepreneurship. She’s also been listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by BBC Woman’s Hour.

The award-winning team at Watch This Sp_ce help organisations and individuals to design and build a more innovative future powered by inclusion. Whether you’re an organisation looking to understand and harness the benefits of a culture of diversity and belonging, or an underrepresented individual wanting to drive forward your career or business, Watch This Sp_ce can work with you to create your vision and then put steps in place to help you reach it.

Mo Kanjilal and Allegra Chapman, co-founders of Watch This Sp_ce, will be speaking about the barriers that women face to leadership, why we need a wider range of leaders, and how women can beat the odds. But it can’t be all on women to make the changes – this talk will also look at how society needs to adapt, and how we can all demand better.

You can hear from our speakers, including a short Q&A,
at our webinar on 17th March.

Disclaimer

This webinar content is provided for information purposes only. All circumstances are unique and therefore any information or opinions shared during the webinar should not be regarded or relied upon as factual information or advice (or a substitute for advice). No liability is accepted by the speaker(s) or Simply Business for the content or opinions shared, reliance on such content or opinions, or for any errors or omissions.

Win a mentorship with Karren Brady CBE

Our mentorship competition has now closed

To help one female business owner develop the skills and confidence to grow their business, we gave away an exclusive one-hour mentoring session with Karren Brady CBE.

We’re delighted to announce our mentorship winner is a visual merchandiser and greeting card maker from Bristol.
Meet the winner.

Sign up to our mailing list to be the first to know about future competitions.

Terms and conditions apply

Karren Brady is Vice Chairman of West Ham United Football Club, a Peer in the House of Lords and features on BBC’s The Apprentice. She’s one of the UK’s leading female business speakers, a best selling author, columnist and is a non-executive director of global media businesses. In 2013 she was awarded a CBE for her contribution to women in business and entrepreneurship. She’s also been listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK by BBC Woman’s Hour.

The award-winning team at Watch This Sp_ce help organisations and individuals to design and build a more innovative future powered by inclusion. Whether you’re an organisation looking to understand and harness the benefits of a culture of diversity and belonging, or an underrepresented individual wanting to drive forward your career or business, Watch This Sp_ce can work with you to create your vision and then put steps in place to help you reach it.

Mo Kanjilal and Allegra Chapman, co-founders of Watch This Sp_ce, will be speaking about the barriers that women face to leadership, why we need a wider range of leaders, and how women can beat the odds. But it can’t be all on women to make the changes – this talk will also look at how society needs to adapt, and how we can all demand better.

Disclaimer

This webinar content is provided for information purposes only. All circumstances are unique and therefore any information or opinions shared during the webinar should not be regarded or relied upon as factual information or advice (or a substitute for advice). No liability is accepted by the speaker(s) or Simply Business for the content or opinions shared, reliance on such content or opinions, or for any errors or omissions.

You can hear from our speakers, including a short Q&A,
at our webinar on 17th March.