The Festival of Female Entrepreneurs has been held in Bristol since it was launched six years ago, and attracts women self-starters from across Britain for a day-long annual event to help them build and grow businesses.
This year it takes place on October 20 in the newly-opened Bristol Harbour Hotel and Spa, and will hear inspiring speakers including: Edwina Dunn, the woman behind the Tesco loyalty card; Max and Nina Leykind, make-up veterans and co-founders of Eyeko London; Mel Bound, founder of Bristol-based national running group This Mum Runs and Enterprise Nation’s 2016 Female Start-up of the Year winner, and; Helen Wooldridge, founder of global baby towel innovator Cuddledry.
New data shows that just a fifth of Britain’s 5.4m small businesses were started by women. Enterprise Nation is working with the Facebook She Means Business campaign to educate 10,000 women in digital skills in 2017, helping to turn this figure around. As part of that effort the Female Start-Up of the year award, which takes place at the event, will be powered by Facebook She Means Business, with the chance to win business boosting prizes.
Enterprise Nation was founded in 2005 by Emma Jones MBE and is a growing small business network and business support provider with more than 70,000 members. Its aim is to help people turn their good ideas into great businesses – through expert advice, events, acceleration and networking. For more details and tickets go to www.enterprisenation.com/festival