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Motor Mechanics Course

Do you drive a car, but know nothing about how to maintain it? If so, sign up to this fantastic course and be safe in the knowledge that you will always know what to do in minor emergencies. When and where: 3 Sunday mornings (TBC) at a garage near Beckton DLR Station.
Time: 11-1
Cost: £60
Please email Priya Clarke p.clarke@uel.ac.uk if you are interested or would like more information. (if you would liek to attend a evening class, please email Priya)

Women in the Boardroom- How to get your knees under the board room table

The Noon Centre for Equality and Business Diversity is hosting a second of its evening series focusing on Women in the Board with guest speaker Sunny Crouch OBE, Chair of CEWE.

To register to attend the seminar on Thursday 1st May, at 6pm in Knowledge Dock, University of East London, please email r.maharaj@uel.ac.uk.

Applications for ‘Make It Real’ have now opened!

We are welcoming applications from women who live in an Olympic host borough, have an idea and want to Make It Real.
From the applications we will be selecting fifteen budding entrepreneurs who we will take through our ‘Make It Real’ project. Our selection process will take into account the following:
- do you live in an Olympic host borough?
- will our support package* be able to make your idea a reality?
- is your idea well thought out and do you have a vision for how you want your business to be?
- are you ready to step into enterprise?

If you meet the above criteria's apply online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MakeItReal
*Our support package includes:
- £2k start-up grant;
- a dedicated business mentor;
- peer-to-peer learning network; and
- access to CEWE’s established network of women entrepreneurs and business support partners.

The deadline for applications is 5 pm, Monday 8 April 2013. If you have any queries about your application in the meantime, please let us know on cewe@uel.ac.uk

Beginner's Guide to Starting a Business!

Click here to view the beginner's guide to starting a business! This valuable tool is designed to provide entrepreneurs a step by step manual to get their new businesses up and running.

Spring Charity Ball in aid of Cancer Research UK

The Spring Charity Ball in aid of Cancer Research, is taking place on Friday 22nd March at Teraza Joanne.

For more information about the ball and how to purchase your ticket email: lesbeauxevents@gmail.com or click here

Q & A Business Help!

Click here to view the feature of Griselda Kumordize Togobo from the Centre of Excellence for Women's Entreprenurship answering some of your busienss questions on BWMB E-mag.

CEWE Seminar: Promoting & Marketing Your Business

CEWE's lastest seminar is themed around how you can think outside the box and promote your business using marketing twists. As well as hearing from our speakers, Maleka Dattu is a beauty guru who has spent almost 30 years in the industry and Nick Beck and Carlo Pandian Tug, a digital marketing agency based in east London (www.tugagency.com) you'll get a chance to share your own experiences and to network with entrepreneurs and their supporters.

To register attendance at this event, taking place on Thursday 11th April, at Google Campus, from 5:30-8pm, please email CEWE at cewe@uel.ac.uk

For more information about the seminar please click here!

Business Coaching Sessions at Knowledge Dock is back again!

CEWE & WBC offering ALL female UEL students past and present FREE One to One Business Coaching

If you’re interested in starting your own business or currently run your own business don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to get FREE support from qualified Business Coaches & Advisors. Register now by sending an email to: ceweadvice@uel.ac.uk or by calling Ashraful Islam on 0208 257 4204.

For more information about the business coaching sessions, please click here!

FREE Self-promotion Workshop for Women in Business

· Are you a woman small business owner who struggles with self-promotion and therefore may lose business to more confident competition?

· Do you know you need to get the word out about what you do, but maybe fight feelings of inadequacy and negative mind chatter?

· Do you wish you could overcome Imposter Syndrome and be bold enough to showcase your expertise?

· Could you benefit from on-the-spot coaching and support to overcome all of these challenges?

Yes? Then you NEED to come along for this FREE workshop at the Barking Enterprise Centre

50 Cambridge Road, Barking, IG11 8FG

Thursday 13th December 2012

9.30 registration for 10:00 start to 12:00

Followed by networking if you care to stay on

To book your place on this workshop:

Contact reception@barkingenterprisecentre.co.uk

** Note that places are limited and offered on a first-come-first-served basis.

Workshop:

Self-promotion for "Good Girls": How to feel great telling the world what you do and get them paying attention!

Delivered by:

Oma Edoja, Oma Edoja Business Transformations

Benefits of attending:

In this workshop, author, speaker and Women’s Business Growth Mentor, Oma Edoja will share:

1. A fresh and empowering mind set around self-promotion to help you come unstuck from your challenges and reach out to those who need your business;

2. 10 “feel good” ways to self-promote so that both you and your audience feel good about your communications;

3. A strategic self-promotion plan for the next 30 days. Try it out and if it feels good, keep at it for 2013!

4. A checklist to make sure that both you and your audience enjoy your communications;

5. Free access to further support with your marketing and self-promotion strategy.

There will also be small group exercises and “hot seating” where Oma gives live laser coaching to volunteers from the audience (your chance to get on-the-spot coaching for free!).

What previous attendees have said:

"Really motivational! I am leaving with a "can do" attitude and will be doing my 30 day self-promotion plan on Monday!"
Deborah Wolsey, Laceys-Accountants.co.uk

"Very inspirational story. Already have a plan in my head about how to fill my calendar for next month!"
Maria Albertsen, RagHeroes.co.uk

"Self-promotion is the kind of thing that goes on the back burner. You have inspired me to get back on top of it and focus on "my village!"
Emma Russell, TykesTights.co.uk

About Oma:

Oma Edoja is an author, speaker and Women's Business Growth Mentor who is passionate about empowering women! She is regularly featured in the media, both locallyand internationally. Oma writes a business column in an international magazine and is a regular contributor to several industry blogs and publications. Earlier this year, Oma’s contributions to the women in business community were recognized when she became a finalist for the Women Inspiring Women Awards in the “Women’s Role Model/Advocate” category.

Oma is the author of "The Essential Get Clients Guide: 14 Reasons Women Business Owners Struggle to Get Clients and How to Avoid Them." You are welcome to get your FREE copy at www.TheEssentialGetClientsGuide.com

Opportunity for Women owned businesses! - CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST (EOIs)

The Make It Global Project is a £1.5million ERDF Project that aims to support women-led SMEs in London to internationalise. The project aims to achieve business growth and sustainable internationalisation through the realisation of women-led business potential, capabilities and opportunities.

Led by UEL’s Centre of Excellence for Women’s Entrepreneurship (CEWE) and delivered in partnership with the European Business Network (EBN), Newham College of Further Education and Kingston University, the project will offer SMEs the opportunity to benefit from a six-stage package of specialist support which will provide access to transnational business networks, experts within the HE/FE knowledge base and brokered entry to new markets.

About this EOI

We are looking to identify a number of business support experts who can provide specialist support to women-led SMEs to support their internationalisation on either a 1-2-1 or one-to-many basis. The selected organisations/individuals will become part of a Consultants Pool for the Make It Global project. Consultants will be selected to work with an SME (or group of SMEs) according to their areas of expertise and the business support needs of beneficiary SMEs.

We are looking for organisations or individuals with expertise in the following areas:

Support for SMEs in the creative industries
Marketing
Access to Finance
Supporting entry to new markets
Internationalisation expertise
Sustainability / Improving environmental performance

Please note: being chosen to be one of the organisations/individuals in the Make It Global Consultants Pool does not guarantee that you will be selected to support an SME on the Make It Global project. All work on the project will be subject to a separate contract between UEL and the service provider.

Expression of Interest

An Expression of Interest should be limited to two A4 pages and should contain:

Understanding of the brief (20% of award criteria)
Established track record or evidence of supporting women-led SMEs and/or SMEs to internationalise (20% of award criteria)
Outline of the support you/your organisation could provide on a one-to-many and/or a one-to-one basis to support women-led SMEs to internationalise (20% of award criteria)
Cost of:
Providing 12 hours of support, on a one-to-one basis to an SME
Providing 12 hours of support, on a one-to-many basis to a number of SMEs, through a series of workshops and follow-up activities
Delivering a workshop for 2 hours to SMEs on a one-to-many basis (40% of award criteria)
Contact details of two reference

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) should be received by noon on 14th December 2012. Applicants will be contacted if required to discuss documentation provided and the successful applicants will be informed by close of business on 11th January 2012. For more information, please contact Danielle Sheerin or Liz Choonara at University of East London (UEL) on 020 8223 2311 or makeitglobal@uel.ac.uk

European Business Network (EBN) - Tools Forum

UEL are delighted to be hosting EBN's Tools Forum on 18th and 19th October. The events is themed around business support/innovation and will be a great chance to get new ideas from experts from across Europe and network to build new partnerships.

Do you want ideas of how you can improve the support you offer to businesses? Would you like to network with innovation experts from across Europe and explore new partnerships? Organised by the University of East London (UEL), the European Business and Innovation Network (EBN) and UKBI, the Tools Exchange Forum is your chance to:

* Hear first-hand from organisations across Europe about new tools and services to support businesses to innovate and grow

* Meet tool designers, listen to their arguments, view the demos and discuss how to acquire, adapt and tailor their tools for you and your clients

* Explore collaboration opportunities with fellow business innovation facilitators, business developers and incubators

The Tools Exchange Forum will support all of those involved in delivering support services to innovative entrepreneurs and SMEs to enhance their offer to entrepreneurs, innovators and businesses with high growth potential.

For more information and to register for the event see http://ebn.youreuevent.eu/

Global Entrepreneurship Week!

Global Entrepreneurship Week will be here soon (November 12- 18th) and packed full of events for all entrepreneurs.

Youth Business International, the hosts of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 in the UK, would like to collect entrepreneurs’ views on the state of entrepreneurship in the UK and their opinions on how this will change in the future. They are looking to use the results to publicise Global Entrepreneurship Week in the media and online.

This survey - which you can find at www.surveymonkey.com/s/GEWsurvey -will only take around 5 minutes to complete and can be completed by anyone who has set up a business which has been running for two years or more, and has at least five employees. Business Owners can fill in their company’s details or fill it in anonymously.

They have asked CEWE to promote this survey to our members - so please do complete! If you leave your email address they will email you a copy of the research findings in November to share with your own contacts and clients.

Youth Enterprise Live: Panels announced!

CEWE have the pleasure of working with Youth Enterprise Live in hosting four of their women enterprise panels at the upcoming YEL two day conference. Panel information has now gone live, please take a look at the debates whcih will be taking place http://www.youthenterprise-live.co.uk/features/uel-centre-of-excellence-for-womens-entrepreneurship-panels

If you haven't yet got your ticket, it is free to attend and you can book here! Look forward to seeing you all.

Procurement: Share your views!

The Women’s Enterprise Policy Group (WEPG), which looks to influence policy to support women in the UK to start and grow their businesses, is currently undertaking a piece of research into procurement. If you are a business owner with experience of trying to access supply chains, we want to hear from you.

By completing an online survey, to share your experiences you can help inform a piece of research in this area. The purpose of the survey is to understand the views and opinions of business owners regarding procurement processes in both the public and private sector. The research specifically seeks to explore whether the experiences and attitudes of women owned businesses differ from those of male owned businesses. The survey will take 5-10minutes to complete and can be accessed through the link below.

We are interested in the opinions and experiences of all business owners, whether you are a sole trader, SME or larger business so click the link below and share your experiences!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/procurementprocesses

Are you thinking about being your own boss? Online course for women in business

CEWE is working in partnership with Mumsnet to offer you a course to help you to start and grow your business.

Delivered through the new Mumsnet Academy, the Be Your Own Boss Course will give you everything you need to know to get started in business. CEWE’s team of business experts, tutors and consultants has worked with Mumsnet to deliver this course, which can be studied anytime, anyplace, anywhere.

There are 9 modules, delivered by women business experts, all of whom have been there, done it and worn out the t-shirt! Modules include Money Matters, Persuasive Presenting, A Social Media Masterclass and Business Planning – podcasts, real-life case studies, lectures, quizzes and presentations enable you to work at your own pace, moving forward from those first steps in business to the fruition of a successful enterprise.

For further details, and to register for the course, visit http://www.mumsnet.com/academy/course/16-be-your-own-boss-online-programme - sign up today and become your own boss!

CEWE Seminar! New Horizons: Internationalise your business! SPEAKERS CONFIRMED!

Info: 11 July from 5.30 pm - 8pm in Parlour Bar, Canary Wharf

We are delighted to announce our two key note speakers for the next CEWE seminar!

Peter Bishop, Deputy Chief Executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce/World Chambers Federation ATA Carnet Council and ATA Administrative Committee and Eva Sonaike, founder of London-based label specialising in luxury African cushions and accessories who has experience of trading abroad herself.

This event will be themed around internationalising your business and its potential benefits. Come and hear about the support available to businesses who want to internationalise and the experiences of those who have already done it. As well as hearing from our expert speakers, you'll get a chance to share you own experiences and network with entrepreneurs and their supporters.

Please RSVP to Danielle Sheerin

Bromely by Bow Centre launches their new funding initiative!

Bromley by Bow Centre are offering start up funding of up to £17000 for new or emerging social enterprises across Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham. To apply you must complete an expression of interest by close of business on 29th June!

Further information on this can be found here (flyer and explanatory note). Please find the expression of interest which you need to complete here

If you have any questions, please do email Danielle Sheerin

CEWE Seminar! New Horizons: Internationalisation.

Registration is now open for the last CEWE Seminar of 2012! This is taking place on 11 July from 5.30 pm - 8pm in Parlour Bar, Canary Wharf.

The event will be themed around internationalising your business and its potential benefits. Come and hear about the support available to businesses who want to internationalise and the experiences of those who have already done it. As well as hearing from our expert speakers, you'll get a chance to share you own experiences and network with entrepreneurs and their supporters.

Attendance is free, you just need to email Danielle Sheerin to reserve a space.

We are looking forward to seeing you all there!

Student Entrepreneur Panel now open for registrations!

Self Employment: Funding, Freelance and Social Enterprise: Thursday 31st May 2012 (3 - 6PM @ University of East London, Knowledge Dock Room 116, Docklands Campus)

The panel includes Trudy Thompson, Founder of Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centres CIC, Kate Pierpoint, Social Enterprise Manager Manor House Development Trust The Redmond Community Centre and Vance Crawley Business Education and Support Team, HMRC.

Each pannelist will discuss their own entrepreneurial journies and you, the audience, will have the opportunity to ask your own questions. This will be followed by networking.

Please register here to attend: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ENTPANEL31MAY, any queries please contact Danielle Sheerin.

Special event for CEWE members! Thursday 28 June 2012, 8-10 am

Facebook and the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry invite you to attend a free breakfast briefing to help you get the most out of Facebook to promote and grow your business.

Facebook’s small business marketing and growth teams will show you how to build and maintain a page, engage fans and master advertising to reach new customers among Facebook’s 30m UK users.

TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT, PLEASE CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

http://www.londonchamber.co.uk/lcc_public/article.asp?aid=62

http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/search/searchPerformanceDetails.asp?performance_id=39763

This will be held at London Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s Head quarters – 33 Queen Street, London, Greater London EC4R 1AP

Natwest's Ambitions Bus - full lineup confirmed!

Thursday 8th March at Knowledge Dock, Docklands Campus - http://www.uel.ac.uk/campuses/docklands/ http://www.uel.ac.uk/campuses/docklands_map/

The event will run from 10 – 4 pm, however, please do feel free to pop in when convenient throughout the day.

Invitees will have access to free tailored business advice from a range of experts including;

On the Bus
Nick Howe & Marc Reacecoles from NatWest Business team to cover of general needs and signpost for other support including ad hoc sessions on whether you are suited to running your own business

Lizzie Barclay - NatWest Women in Business specialist to discuss with any interested delegates what events and contacts may be available to help and support them with their aspirations

Vance Crawley - HMRC - answer all manner of tax questions and also signpost any interested delegates to the series of free tax workshops that they run across London covering a multitude of stages in a business' life

UKTI - will also have a representative with a stand to support any business ideas where import and export may become involved

Knowledge Dock – Room KD 2.22
Robyn Scott and Hamish Forysth - Pitch Me - to run two sessions at 11 am and 12 pm to larger class sizes on the skill of pitching and how to perfect this valuable aspect whether you are presenting yourself or a product

Ian Broom - Launch 48 - to run a session at 1pm running through the Top 5 reasons for recent business failures

*You don’t need to book in to these, but please do bear the times in mind if you are only coming for part of the day.

Registrations:

UEL Students/Graduates/Staff – please complete https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NATWESTevent (please note this is open to men and women!)

CEWE members (non students/graduates) – please confirm by email (if you haven’t already)

We are really excited about seeing you all on International Women’s Day!

Take the ‘Ambitions Bus’ to business success!

NatWest has taken to the road with their ‘Ambitions Bus’, bringing free business advice to entrepreneurs looking to start their own company and existing SME owners. NatWest has worked closely with London enterprise agencies to understand and tailor free workshops sessions to their audience, and after a UK tour the bus is now coming to UEL. This free event is taking place on Thursday 8 March, 10am – 4pm, at Knowledge Dock on Docklands Campus, and is open to all staff students and graduates looking for advice, development and networking opportunities. Advisors now include representatives from; HMRC, UKTI, Natwest (including Natwest 'Women in Business') and Picthme! The event is open to all so email cewe@uel.ac.uk with any queries and see you on the day!

If you are you a working mum you need to be at this event!

CEWE are proud to be sponsoring the 'Business Planning Seminar' at the Working Mums upcoming Live event on 27th March 2012 at the Business Design Centre, Islington. The event is completely free so regsiter here today!

Last year, at London LIVE, Working Mums had over 1400 visitors through the door. The focus is for parents and their decisions about returning to work, finding alternative careers that offer a work-life balance, starting their own business or becoming a franchisee. The event will cover the complete range of services offered online split into individual “zones” including:

• Jobs and Recruitment, Business and Franchising, Self-employment, Advice and support

The event will also host various interactive seminar sessions that run throughout the day. This year, there will be several interactive conference sessions at London LIVE 2012 with speakers advising on the following topics:

• Returning to Work, CV Tips, Flexible Working – how to make it work;

• Working for yourself – practical steps and options, Setting up your own Business - Business Planning and Setting up your own Business – Social Marketing and PR

To find out more about the event, please see here or get in touch with cewe@uel.ac.uk.

Working in the Creative Industries - What are the pros and cons of these different ways of working?

Come to UEL's " Creative Career Master Class No.1- Models of Living" organised by FabPad, you will hear from a diverse chaired panel from the creative industries discuss and debate their own ways of working and the resulting implications their work has on the way they live.

New Partnerships...working together for you!

CEWE are delighted to be working in partnership with WeConnect to create new opportunities for women-led businesses to access supply chains and achieve their growth potential. CEWE brings together women entrepreneurs to share their challenges and successes, through networking events, seminars and mentoring. CEWE already work closely with our partners to signpost women to the most appropriate source of support and facilitate opportunities for ongoing collaboration. By working with WeConnect, we hope to continue to build the case for investment in women's businesses...

Those who attended our recent CEWE seminar will have heard Louisa Moger's (of WeConnect) own pearls of wisdom on the art of decision making. Louisa also kindly provided an opportunity for women entreprenuers to self register, for free, with Weconnect, please see the link here.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with us!

First Student and Graduate Panel Event of 2012!

CEWE are now looking forward to hosting the next student facing entrepreneur panel on Wednesday 15 February at Knowledge Dock, Docklands Campus. Students and Graduates will have the unique opportunity to hear from and pose questions to experts in the fields of Health, Sciences and Psychology.

The panel includes, Uzma Durrani from Psylutions Ltd, Jim Shaikh from Yoomi Bottles and Cathy Underwood from Yoga4Mums.

First CEWE Seminar of 2012!

A big thank you to Barclays Wealth for hosting our first CEWE seminar of 2012! Louisa Moger and Amanda Wilson delivered fantastic presentations on the art of decision making - food for thought for all attendees! We continued the great conversations over networking - the views on the 30th floor were incredibly inspiring, take a look for yourself! As always, we value your feedback and comments - if you have any, please let us know.

Happy New Year! The first CEWE Seminar of 2012 is now open for registration!

New Year, New You? The Art of Decision Making - Thursday 2nd February 2012 6 - 8pm

Barclays Wealth, 1 Churchill Place, London

This event will be themed around identifying and perfecting the art of decision making when taking into account the many different hats a women entrepreneur must wear. As well as hearing from our speakers, you’ll get a chance to share your own experiences and network with entrepreneurs and their supporters.

Invites will be sent to our CEWE members next week, but more for more information on the event please click here. To register for this event or to become part of the CEWE network please email cewe@uel.ac.uk

For further details of our 2012 CEWE events - click here... Happy New Networking!

CEWE Conference - Registration now open!

CEWE Conference - Thursday 17th November 2011 9am to 4.30pm followed by networking

Honourable Artillery Company, Moorgate

Registration is now open for the CEWE Conference which takes place on Thursday 17th November 2011 at the Honourable Artillery Company, Moorgate. Email CEWE for more information

Cath Kidston imparts her pearls of entrepreneurial wisdom at CEWE event

As part of UEL’s commitment to support women's entrepreneurship, the Centre of Excellence for Women’s Entrepreneurship recently sponsored the London Chamber of Commerce’s Women in Business Networking Lunch.

Around 75 guests attended last week’s event, which saw leading designer and retailer Cath Kidston (pictured) share her top tips for succeeding in business, during a Q&A session with the audience. As well as remaining Creative Director of Cath Kidston Ltd, Cath was awarded an MBE for services to business in February 2010 as part of the Queen’s New Year Honours List.

CEWE Event is on the money

On 16th June 2011, CEWE held it's second CEWE Seminar The Challenge of Starting Up. The event focused in on the challenges and barriers faced by women entrepreneurs starting up in business. In a rousing presentation that left the audience in no doubt about the importance of prudent financial management, Deborah Morton-Dare, from Faculty-One Business Training said: “Making a profit isn’t enough; managing the cash flow properly is essential. Managing the cash rigorously will make the difference in determining whether or not your business survives.”

We are delighted to be able to offer CEWE members a 25% discount on all courses booked through www.faculty-one.com or by emailing info@faculty-one.com – please use the discount code CEWE25.

The five courses below may be of most interest to CEWE members are:

Understanding Accounts & Financial Awareness – 13 July & 30 November
Basics of Credit Control - 24 June & 31 October
Accounting Fundamentals - 28/29 September & 8/9 December
VAT Essentials - 15 July, 21 September & 8 December
Essentials of Corporation Tax - 14 July, 13 October & 5 December

The next CEWE seminar Growing Pains will be taking place on the evening of Thursday 22nd September. We hope to see you there!

Lisa Newton from Boogles Ltd shares her experiences with UEL students

Award winning entrepreneur, Lisa Newton from Boogles Ltd joined CEWE in May to talk to an enthusiastic audience made up of female UEL students and graduates to talk about her experiences in setting up a business, and to pass on some pearls of wisdom. Her honest, yet encouraging advice was welcomed by the audience who found the session very motivating. One graduate commented “I thought the session was inspiring, helpful and a really productive use of my time. Attending has really given me a boost in self-confidence that I can set up a business on my own”. The event was organised by the Employability and Enterprise Team at UEL in conjunction with CEWE, and is part of a series of events and services aimed at aspiring and existing entrepreneurs to help them achieve their goals. For more information on future events see www.uel.ac.uk/eet

Support Aspiring Women Entrepreneurs – Become a CEWE Patron

Would you be willing to share your experiences with a woman entrepreneur who is at the start of her entrepreneurial journey? Could you support an entrepreneur to make the contacts she needs to support the growth of her business? Could you be a motivational role model to an aspiring entrepreneur? If so, why not apply to be one of the first CEWE Patrons?

We are looking for individuals who are willing to share their experiences of setting up, growing and making a success of their business with UEL’s aspiring women entrepreneurs. We envisage that you will meet with the student/graduate twice a month for at least of 4 months and that you will support them on their entrepreneurial journey in a variety of ways. This may include:

Providing support to female UEL students and graduates to develop their entrepreneurial skills
Providing support to female UEL students to start up their own businesses
Acting as a role model, sharing the lessons you have learnt and experiences you have gained
Helping them to access networks of successful business owners and professionals

If you are interested in being a CEWE Patrons, please complete the information requested at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/CFKX7YL
For further information please email cewepatrons@uel.ac.uk

The Step from Employment to Self-Employment

We were delighted to welcome over 60 guests to Heron Quays for the first CEWE seminar of 2011 From Employment to Self-Employment.

The first CEWE Seminar, ‘The Step from Employment to Self-Employment’ took place on Tuesday 29th March and focused on the challenges women entrepreneurs face when moving from employment to self-employment and advancing in the workplace. For more information about the event see http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/press_releases/CEWEevent.htm.

Click here for further information on Start Up Britain

Become a Friend of Women’s Entrepreneurship

UEL is looking to secure pledges of support for future activity through the Friends of Women’s Entrepreneurship initiative. We are responding to the needs of our students and the local community in bringing together existing networks and support services into an online portal where women can receive the advice they need to grow their business. We will be creating opportunities for women to benefit from the lessons learnt through mentoring, networking opportunities and access to expertise. If you would like to pledge your support and learn more about UEL’s work in this area please contact Project Manager, Linsey Cole: l.cole@uel.ac.uk