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Entrepreneurship still male dominated            
 
Men are still twice as likely as women to be involved in entrepreneurial activity or to be thinking about it, according to a new report from the Small Business Service.

Multi-Year Study Shows Training and Mentoring Have Positive Effect on Women-Owned Business Start-ups            
 
A three-year study provides evidence that the services offered by Women’s Business Centers strengthened the business skills of women starting new ventures, and that their businesses grew during the course of the multi-year study, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research.

Girlfriends in high places            
 
A report from the think-tank Demos has found that professional women from all walks of life are tipping each other off about job openings, sharing their expertise and inside knowledge and boosting their self-confidence through membership of formal or semi-formal networking groups.
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Women Becoming more Entrepreneurial            
 
Between 2001 and 2003 there was a 27% increase in the number of women who felt they had the skills to start a business.

A Nation of Shopkeepers no longer            
 
Ten-year study confirms demise of traditional High Street, as aromatherapists and cosmetic surgeons profit from the UK's pursuit of stress-free perfection.

Financing women’s businesses            
 
Small Business minister Nigel Griffiths pledged to raise the importance of financing women’s businesses at a recent seminar of lenders and investors hosted by the British Bankers Association.

05 September, 2008

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