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Mothers can operate their own businesses

Mothers can operate their own businesses

Women do not need to choose between motherhood and a life in business, it has been claimed. Writing for Entrepreneur.com, Lisa Druxman, chief executive of fitness firm Stroller Strides, said women are capable of balancing their [...]

Mary Portas, queen of shops, looking for opinionated women

Mary Portas, queen of shops, looking for opinionated women

Retail guru and television presenter Mary Portas is about to start filming a new Channel 4 TV series and wants to speak to you.  The series will follow Mary’s quest to fill the gap in the [...]

Free paid interns available for 6 months

Free paid interns available for 6 months

One of the problems that every small business faces is how to recruit one or two people to help you grow your business when you don’t quite have the finances yet to support them. The Home [...]

Women who triumphed against the odds shine at Shine Awards night

The winners of the Shine Awards were announced last evening at the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel, Central London highlighting the achievements of outstanding women working in the hospitality, leisure, travel and tourism sector. The event, first held [...]

Lessons learned at Small Business 2.0

Small Business 2.0 was held on Saturday 23rd January. Now in its second year it’s an event dedicated to helping small businesses profit from the web. Emma Jones went along and picked up some useful nuggets. [...]

Women Unlimited Community Survey

Thank you for filling out our survey, it will make a huge difference in how we develop Women Unlimited and will make sure that we continue to give you what you want and need to help [...]

Women’s Enterprise Task force release GROWE report

The Women’s Enterprise Task Force’s (WETF) final report, Greater Return On Women’s Enterprise (GROWE), is published today – Women’s Enterprise Day – with the majority of its recommendations already underway. The report recommends targeted ways of [...]

Photos from the Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Evening

Here are some photos from the Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Evening on November 18th. The photos have been taken by Catherine Monfils of Catmon Photography. Once you open up one photo you can just click through each image [...]

Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Evening – oh what a night!

Extraordinary Entrepreneurs Evening – oh what a night!

What a fantastic night it was!  Women Unlimited held its first ever Extraordinary Entrepreneurs evening in the British Library last night, and judging by the fact that the women had to be asked to vacate the [...]

Sara Murray from Buddi wins entrepreneur of the year at the Orange Business Awards

Sara Murray, founder of Buddi, a personal tracking device won Entrepreneur of the Year at the Orange Business Awards last night.   It’s really refreshing to see so many women nominated in the category, with four out [...]