Feature Articles
New Year - New Start Up
Tradition dictates that the New Year is the time to make a new start. It's also a time when people consider making changes to their career and some six per cent of us decide to go into self employment. Read more...
Build a Positive Team
Joanne Rogers, Managing Director of PR and marketing company Prowse, suggests how the New Year can be a fresh start, when it comes to creating and building a positive workforce. Read More
Work will become what you do, not where you go
Flexible working and a better work-life balance are two of the main reasons women start businesses. Today, technology is providing opportunities such as we’ve not had before. Read more...
Tips for building a business from home
As the downturn continues to bite and job prospects become more limited, more women are turning to ‘necessity entrepreneurship’ by setting up and running their own business from home. Read more...
Time to start a business?
Do you dream of running your own business but haven’t taken the steps to make it a reality? Whilst there always seems to be a reason to hold you back, perhaps now is the time to think again. Read more...
Women Entrepreneurs Break Boundaries to International Trading
International trade is good for business - especially during the downturn as it provides access to wider markets that are open to new ideas, products and technologies. However, research shows that women are less likely to be exporters and tend to have more localised markets. Read more...
Five Myths of Franchising a Business
Franchising expert Clive Sawyer dispels the myths of franchising a business. Many people have heard of franchising and this has led to many myths about what franchising actually is and how to go about it. Read more...
