Bev Hurley, CBE, founder of Enterprising Women and CEO of the YTKO Group says, “I founded Enterprising Women as a non profit organisation ten years ago so that members could benefit from a wide range of business and peer support. From high quality training for start-up, innovative, practical and effective growth, to access to finance programmes, local networking events, mentoring and practical advice from business women who've been there, who are there, and who are getting there.
"However, what I am struck by is the glacial pace with which gender equality progresses and, after a decade of making the economic case, proving the point and showing the evidence, there is still no sustained investment in, or commitment to, the female economy.”
To highlight the need to support women in business and to ensure they have access to the specific and specialist guidance they need to support their ambitions, GetSet and Enterprising Women are teaming up to offer female business owners a variety of free training events and workshops over the next two months.
The topics for these free events have been carefully chosen to help ambitious women in business achieve their full potential. Covering the essential fundamentals including how to make the most of digital marketing and social media, guidance on effective business planning, how to tackle the daunting task of financial management and how to access funding, ambitious business owners will take away practical, relevant and invaluable advice from highly experienced, professional women who are experts in their field.
“When female entrepreneurship and its funding fell off the political agenda, we embedded all the award-winning best practice from Enterprising Women into our two other “mainstream” services, Outset for start-ups, and GetSet for Growth for established businesses.” says Bev, “In the last five years, well over 50% of the nearly 5000 businesses started by Outset clients have been by women, with three year survival rates far outstripping the national average. And for GetSet, 47% of the clients are women. We see such high engagement rates from female entrepreneurs because we understand the challenges they face and the support they require.”
These free events are being run across the East of England, South West, West of England, West Midlands, London and the Solent through March and into April. If you are interested in attending, you can book your place via via the GetSet and Enterprising Women websites (see below).
About GetSet for Growth
GetSet for Growth is a specialist service supporting businesses with the ambition and potential to grow and create jobs. It focuses on addressing the two biggest barriers to growth: access to customers and access to finance and offers a mixed programme of masterclasses and hands on 1:1 advice and mentoring, delivered by teams of commercial finance and marketing experts. GetSet’s support is fully funded apart from a small administration fee. The service has a strong track record of success and has been proven to deliver quantifiable and tangible benefits to businesses it supports, including improved strategic and management skills, enhanced business growth planning and capacity, finance raised, increased turnover from new and existing customers, better profitability and greater competitiveness. Delivered by Versio and part of the YTKO Group, GetSet’s flagship service was first launched in October 2013 in Cornwall, funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Convergence. Since then it has expanded, with services in Bournemouth and East London thanks to funding from J.P. Morgan, and across East of England, South West, Solent, West Midlands and West of England thanks to the Regional Growth Fund. For more information, go to: www.getsetforgrowth.com
About Enterprising Women
Enterprising Women is the UK’s largest national community for female entrepreneurs, reaching over 45,000 across the UK. It provides a range of start-up and growth support to women from all sectors and backgrounds. Members benefit from a wide range of business and peer support, from high quality training, Growth Programmes and local networking events to mentoring and practical advice from business women who've been there, who are there, and who are getting there. Founded by Bev Hurley CBE, a passionate and successful businesswoman with 30 years of business experience, EW is the largest UK community dedicated to helping women grow sustainable, thriving businesses and achieve their potential. As an award-winning, non-profit organisation, Enterprising Women connects, supports, inspires and promotes female entrepreneurs across the country. For more information, go to www.enterprising-women.org
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For more information contact:
National: Lauren Barham
01223 903 903 or [email protected]
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GetSet and Enterprising Women celebrate 10 years of supporting women in business
10 March 2016
As we wave good-bye to another International Women’s Day, GetSet for Growth and sister organisation Enterprising Women are making March a month of it as they celebrate EW’s 10th birthday and try to keep support for women in business on the agenda for a little longer.