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Rightly or wrongly, the role of primary caregiver to children most often falls to the mother rather than the father and this can be a major challenge for female entrepreneurs when growing their business. Juggling childcare with work, even for Mums of school aged children can sap your time and

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Female Entrepreneurship | Impostor Syndrome

The Impostor Phenomenon was first described in 1985 by Dr Pauline Clance, from her observations in a clinical setting, but only in recent months has this condition come under the spotlight, known as Impostor Syndrome. It is most frequently associated with professional women, however subsequent research has found that it

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Coaching and Mentoring

Within our Female Entrepreneurship series, we have looked at Why Women Don’t Seek Investment and The Rise of the Female Side Hustle, and today we are talking to you about Coaching and Mentoring and why it is important for growing your business. What does a Coach or Mentor do? Coaches and

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Female Entrepreneurship | Why Women Don’t Seek Investment

As part of our Female Entrepreneurship Series one of the key areas that have been highlighted in the Alison Rose Review, and by the women we spoke to during our research was the difficulty in securing investment to scale their business. Of all the venture funding secured by businesses in

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Octopus Energy Merger Talks with Co-op Energy

Octopus Energy looks to acquire Co-op Energy

London based Octopus Energy are looking to get their tentacles on Co-op Energy, with reported merger talks taking place. Octopus Energy is rapidly growing with more than 800,000 domestic and business energy customers. According to The Sunday Times, these talks could result in Octopus Energy acquiring “some or all” of

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Female Entrepreneurship | The Rise of the Side Hustle

The first in our series of female focused articles this week looks at the rising popularity of the Side Hustle, and why it appeals to so many women! What is a Side Hustle? A side hustle is a type of enterprise of employment taken up in addition to a full-time

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Just 1 in 16 UK Unicorn Companies have a Female Founder

BusinessComparison will be launching its Female Entrepreneurship campaign 19th-23rd August to highlight the shocking gender disparity in entrepreneurship that exists in the UK. Research undertaken by BusinessComparison analysed the Sixteen Unicorn Start-up Companies that exist in the UK as of August 2019 (a privately held company valued at $1bn+) and

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Content Marketing Ideas for Small Businesses: The Ultimate Guide

If you aren’t focusing your strategies on content marketing, your marketing efforts will never reach their full potential. Content is the king, they say, and for a good reason. In fact, content marketing gets three times more leads than paid search advertising. Follow our guide to content marketing for hints

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Are business owners paying too much for their electricity?

Statistics show that a whopping 40% of SME’s have not changed their energy supplier in over 5 years! The chances are that these businesses are paying way over the odds for their business electricity, and there’s really no need because switching is such a simple process! Why are businesses reluctant

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How Profitable are UK Companies

Today the Office of National Statistics has released its much-anticipated report on the profitability of UK businesses between January to March 2019. With uncertainty surrounding Brexit, and rumours that UK companies have already seen their profits impacted by the decision to exit the EU – do the results measure up

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