Entrepreneur chief calls for business action
The president of the British Association of Women Entrepreneurs (BAWE) is encouraging more women to build high-growth businesses. Deb Leary outlined her plans at the association’s Heart of England Network launch.
She also oulined embracing the power of social media and increasing businesswomen’s access to finance as two of her main priorities for female entrepreneurs.
Tamworth-based Leary, the chief executive of research company Forensic Pathways, said that equipping businesswomen and potential entrepreneurs with the right skills, “could add millions of pounds to the economy and create hundreds of jobs in the process”.
She said: “Entrepreneurship and business is at the forefront of getting the UK back on its feet and women-led businesses need to be proactive in this regeneration.
“The region has a history of innovation and, being Birmingham born and bred, I could think of no better start to my role as national president than to form a Heart of England network."
Leary was recently listed by Real Business Magazine as one of the top 100 female leaders in the UK.
Established in 1953, the BAWE now has more than 200 members across the UK.
