Liz Jackson, from C4’s Secret Millionaire and business owner of Great Guns Marketing talks about why the South East is a great place for women to start a business and the importance of International Women’s Day.
Extract from podcast: “Women have so many choices . . . for me starting and running a business gives me loads of flexibility in having a family and creating a lifestyle, having affluence and raising a family without compromising. . . .I think the South East is an excellent place to start a business.”
First celebrated in 1911, International Women's Day is celebrating its 99th birthday. The annual global celebration recognises the economic, political and social achievements of women, with thousands of events being held around the world.
Business Link is celebrating International Women's Day (Monday 8th March) with events across the South East. Many of the women attending are planning, or in the early stages of, running their own businesses. Often coping with difficult circumstances, these female entrepreneurs benefit from Business Link support to develop the personal confidence and skills they need to get involved in enterprise.
Call Ann or Katie on 02380 613255 or 07739 142219 to find out more about your local event.
Events
East Kent - Ambassador Network celebrate International Women's Day
Monday 8th March from 11.00 to 13.00 at the Pines Calyx, St Margaret's Bay.
Successful business women will lead informal workshops for women who have just started their own business, or are planning to.
Sittingbourne, Kent- International Women's Day Event
Monday 8th March from 9.30 to 15.30 from the Hempstead House, London Road, Bapchild, Sittingbourne.
Motivational workshop and stalls of products and services by female entrepreneurs. The workshop will be taken by Jill Tipping, an expert in motivation and personal development.
Milton Keynes - Business and Biscuits
Monday 8th March from 10.00 to 14.00 at the Acorn House, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3HP.
A networking event with short talks. A variety of female entrepreneurs will be showcasing their products and services.
Guildford, Surrey - Festival of Enterprise
Monday 8th March from 10.00 to 16.00 at the Guildhall, High Street, Guildford, GU1 3AA.
Drop-in event with demonstrations in floristry, hoola-hooping and karaoke. Free face painting for children. Stalls showcasing the products from a variety of female entrepreneurs. Free tea, coffee and cakes.
Newhaven, East Sussex - Professional Style and Image Workshop for Women
Monday 8th March from 10.00 to 12.00 noon at the Newhaven Enterprise Centre, Denton Island, Newhaven.
Esme Hilliard from Colour Me Beautiful, Europe's leading image consultancy, will deliver an informal master class on how to create a professional image that conveys positive first impressions.
Slough, Berkshire - Women's Empowerment
Please note this event will be held on Tuesday 9th March from 9.30 to 13.00 (venue to be confirmed)
Event sponsored by Business Link, and Slough Borough Council. Workshops on self-awareness and confidence-building provided by the South East Women's Business Service. Stands showcasing products of female entrepreneurs.
Case Studies
Hawwa Webber and Five Petals– Gosport
New Gosport wedding dress shop ‘Five Petals’ helps Hawwa to beat the recession
Struggling with both divorce and redundancy, mother-of-three Hawwa Webber realised she had no where else to go but up when Business Link stepped in to help realise her girlhood dreams of owning her own dress making business, now called Five Petals.
To request more information about Hawwa and her story, please click here.
Elemental Beauty and Maggie Glynn – Southampton
Starting a new business is Elementary for Maggie and her beauty businessAfter a long career in the hospitality industry came to an end, Business Link was there to advise and encourage local beautician Maggie Glynn, who is in the first year of her new business, Elemental Beauty, launched in December 2009.
To request more information about Maggie and her story, please click here. Fabia Cosmetics and Fabia Cerra – Oxford
Bi-polar Oxford author, perfumer and aspiring business woman, Fabia Cerra
Fabia Cerra, from Oxford is a qualified perfumer and beautician who turned to Business Link for support to help transform her creativity into a business which uses smell to lift the mood of her customers..
To request more information about Fabia and her story, please click here.
Fruity Designs – Folkestone, Kent
Palace Trained Nadia turns her Fruity Designs into a Kent based business
It’s not every day that you can buy products from a supplier trained by someone who served the King of Thailand. Local entrepreneur Nadia Yeomans has recently set up with her own fruit carving business Fruity Designs, with advice and support from Business Link. Now Kent based Nadia, who was born and raised in Thailand is offering her beautiful fruit art to customers all over the UK from her base near Folkestone.
To request more information about Nadia and her story, please click here.
Affinity Pole Fitness – Lou Gardiner
Louise from Affinity Pole Fitness discovers a healthy way to build a business
For local entrepreneur and professional pole dancing instructor Louise Gardiner, a long term passion for feeling good and keeping fit led to the launch of a life changing new business with help and advice from Business Link.
To request more information about Louise and her story, please click here.
Who’s Wearing What – Jan McTaggert and Rebecca Lewison-White, East Sussex
Business Link helps Jan and Rebecca to launch innovative fashion concept - Who’s Wearing What - in Hastings, Sussex
A common goal of a better life by the seaside in Hastings, East Sussex, led Jan McTaggert and Rebecca Lewison-White to come together with a great fashion business idea. In September 2009 Jan and Rebecca successfully launched their home based fashion business Who’s Wearing What, with advice and support provided by Business Link.
To request more information about Jan and Rebecca and their story, please click here.
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About Business Link
Business Link’s information and advice services are available through the website www.businesslink.gov.uk/southeast or by phoning 0845 600 9 006.
Business Link is the government funded national business information, advice and support service, delivered in the South East by the six Business Link Providers. In the South East the service is funded by SEEDA.
Business Link helps businesses and entrepreneurs to establish new enterprises and maintain and grow established companies by helping them to locate and benefit from the broadest range of public, private and voluntary business support services.
SEEDA, the South East England Development Agency, is the Government-funded agency responsible for the sustainable economic development of the South East of England – the driving force of the UK’s economy. Through supporting businesses, encouraging innovation, developing skills and engaging with public and private partners, we aim to create a successful, sustainable future for the region.
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