Backing women in innovation: Female entrepreneurs could deliver £180bn to the economy

Posted on 15 Mar 2019 by Maddy White

Nearly double the amount of working-age men participate in entrepreneurial activity compared to women, but if the number of female entrepreneurs was boosted then more than £180bn could be delivered to the UK economy.

Fanya Ismail, founder of Sol-gel Coatings won Innovate UK funding – image courtesy of Innovate UK. A past survey from Deloitte found that just 5.7% of working-age women engaged in early stage entrepreneurial activity, compared to more than 10% of working-age men. In response to the research, Innovate UK launched ‘Women…

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