women in business

Awards deadline extended for pioneering British businesswomen

April 15, 2010 By Emily Leary Leave a Comment

If you or someone you know is a female business leader, setting standards and smashing barriers, you have until the end of Friday 16th April to put in an entry for the First Women Awards.

The awards aim to identify “the most pioneering women in British business, science and professional life”

There are nine sector-specific categories:

Manufacturing
Tourism and Leisure
Finance
Science & Technology
Media
Retail & Consumer
Property
Public Sector
Business Services

In addition, there are two special categories:

The First Women Business of the Year Award
PwC Lifetime Achievement Award

Previous winners of the PwC Lifetime Acheivement Award include Val Gooding CBE, CEO of BUPA and Ann Gloag OBE, Founder of Stagecoach.

Shortlisted nominees will be asked to attend an informal judging session on 14th May in London.

Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 23rd June at the London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square. Tickets to the ceremony cost £175 +VAT, which includes a champagne reception and three-course meal.

For more information or to enter the awards, visit First Women Awards.

Are you a female business owner in the East Midlands?

November 23, 2009 By Emily Leary Leave a Comment

Women running particularly innovative or successful businesses in the East Midlands region of the UK might consider entering the East Midlands Women of Worth Awards 2010.

These awards seek to help redress the imbalance in numbers of female to male entrepreneurs by rewarding the accomplishments of those women who are building successful businesses, thereby encouraging more women to startup in the market.

There are three categories: