Sarah Brown

Finance Business News - When the world began its recovery from the 2008 financial collapse the role of small and medium-sized enterprises SMEs in that process was a striking theme. It was credited as the key driver in the economic recovery, creating most of the new jobs. Now, the post-COVID recovery process offers the same opportunities.

Finance Business News - Liverpool City Council has passed a motion supporting the Women s Enterprise Policy Group s WEPG recently published Framework of Policy Actions to Build Back Better for Women s Enterprise , which aims to address the gaps in Covid-19 enterprise support for women.

Finance Business News - The Rethinking the Economy for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future research report has launched today 8 October .

Charity Business News - Following the introduction of Coronavirus restrictions in March, The Women s Organisation immediately redesigned its portfolio of services to operate fully on an online and telephone basis.

Charity Business News - A national charity has chosen Liverpool-based social enterprise, The Women s Organisation, to help it reach out to disadvantaged women and improve their chances of finding employment or starting their own businesses.

Charity Business News - Selected from over sixty approaches across Europe, the Liverpool-based organisation has been named as one of just three projects which exemplify the very best approaches to supporting women s entrepreneurship.

Finance Business News - As the Government and local authorities across the country launch campaigns to Build Back Better and help the UK s economy recover and grow in a sustainable way post Covid-19, leading voices in business and academia say that more needs to be done to support women s enterprise and avoid a ...

Finance Business News - Research by Startup Genome 2020 Global Startup Ecosystem Report has ranked the two North West powerhouses ninth in the world, ahead of locations including Dubai, Lyon and Chengdu in China.

Charity Business News - Liverpool-based social entrepreneur and internationally leading voice on women s enterprise, Maggie O Carroll, has accepted the role at the University of Strathclyde Business School SBS , in the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship.

Finance Business News - New mothers who had taken maternity leave in the last three years were previously being unfairly disadvantaged under the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme SEISS , according to campaigners.

Charity Business News - A report by IPSE the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed also says disabled self-employed people are more likely to need financial support during the crisis because, in normal times, their average daily pay rate is 12 lower than freelancers who do not report having a disability.

Finance Business News - Chancellor Rishi Sunak has laid out a suite of policies to support small businesses which have so far fallen through the cracks in Coronavirus support schemes, promising they have not been forgotten , but now business and academic leaders have come together to call for more urgent action to support women s enterprise.

Finance Business News - The Department for Business Enterprise and Industrial Strategy BEIS has released the ...

Health Business News - Statistics revealed in the Crises Collide Women and Covid-19 report from the Women s Budget Group show alarming indicators on the immediate impact that the Coronavirus pandemic is having on different groups of women.

Charity Business News - New mothers who took maternity leave within the last assessment period are being unfairly disadvantaged in the Government s Self Employment Income Support Scheme SEISS , says The Women s Organisation.

Charity Business News - While its no longer business as usual for thousands across the City Region, The Women s Organisation is offering entrepreneurs and SMEs a vital lifeline through its programme of online and virtual business advice, training, and webinars.

Charity Business News - The NatWest SE100 Index, announced yesterday 14 May is the annual list of the UK s leading 100 social enterprises, compiled by Pioneers Post in partnership with NatWest Social and Community Capital.

Charity Business News - With workplaces and venues forced to close to ensure social distancing, many ventures have had to rapidly reassess their whole way of working. Here, we meet four Liverpool City Region businesses that have successfully transitioned to maintain a valuable service for their clients by reacting and adapting to the current crisis.

Finance Business News - Leading social enterprise, The Women s Organisation, is working with civil servants to resolve the issue and is urging the Government to reconsider and plug the gaps in its COVID-19 financial support package to better protect Company Directors.

Retail Business News - Toxteth-born author and social entrepreneur, Natalie Reeves Billing, is set to release her debut children s book today 5 May .