National Women’s Angel Day on 9 June 2010
We thought that you may like to know that it’s the first National Women’s Angel Day on 9 June, which aims to raise awareness of the staggeringly low number of female business angels in the UK. Angels Lounge is holding a day of events around the country on 9 June and female investors are welcome to attend any of the events listed – please click here for further information. Our main event takes place at:...
Jan 21st, 2010 in Gender Debate | 0 comments
The battle of the sexes and funding for starting a business
At Angels Den we do like to tackle the big (and controversial) issues, especially when it comes to those that affect funding for starting a business, so here goes. Over the years the debate has raged on about whether it is men or women who make the better business owners. Now while I appreciate that your gender may provide you with a leaning towards one side or the other, I’m asking you to put that to one side for...
May 5th, 2009 in Gender Debate | 0 comments
City Inadequacy Encouraging Female Entrepreneurs
Don’t get me wrong: I’m no feminist… I’m very much a man’s man—a bloke hailing from north of the border, for goodness’ sake — but I don’t think that you need to have two X chromosomes to see that the issue of pay-packet inequality is completely ridiculous. Women have worked diligently for decades on end, trying to achieve what should be a relatively simple goal: equal pay for equal work. But this...The 2008 Budget Offers Women Entrepreneurs Very Little
Following on from the 2008 budget, much talk has been of Alistair Darling’s new £12.5m capital fund to encourage women entrepreneurs. With only 14% of small businesses being run by Women (Annual Small Business Survey 2006) there is no surprise that more help is needed. The proposed fund intends to give potential women entrepreneurs the basics of writing business plans, running a company and pitching for...
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