WEC to hear evidence on female entrepreneurship
The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) will hear from business experts and academics during the first evidence session of its female entrepreneurship inquiry in Parliament on Wednesday, 2 April.
Meeting details
At 2:20pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Female entrepreneurship
Co-Chair at Invest in Women Taskforce
Chair at The Gender Index
Chair of Board at British Business Bank
At 3:20pm: Oral evidence
Inquiry
Female entrepreneurship
Professor of Entrepreneurship at King's College London
Lecturer in HRM and Organisational Behaviour at Swansea University School of Management
Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at The University of Nottingham
MPs on the cross-party committee chaired by Labour MP Sarah Owen will discuss the current state of female entrepreneurship in the UK, the key barriers to women seeking to start, sustain and grow their businesses, the sectors in which these barriers are greatest, and how they can be overcome.
The first part of the session will largely focus on trends in female entrepreneurship and access to and provision of finance. The second part will additionally focus on other obstacles women face in successfully starting and sustaining a business.