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New research highlights the growing enterprise gender gap in the West Midlands

Creating the conditions that allow women to start and grow their business, exploit their ideas and ensuring they have access to high quality support is vital if the West Midlands is going to bridge a widening gender gap when it comes to entrepreneurial activity.

WBDA's Women's Enterprise Festival

The Women’s Business Development Agency has hailed Women’s Enterprise Day in Coventry as a huge success.

Women’s Enterprise Task force release GROWE report

The Women’s Enterprise Task Force’s (WETF) final report, Greater Return On Women’s Enterprise (GROWE), is published today – Women’s Enterprise Day – with the majority of its recommendations already underway.

Government proposes increased maximum penalty for data misuse

The Government has launched a consultation on its proposals to increase the maximum penalties for those who are convicted of misusing personal data, which could mean up to two years imprisonment. The consultation is open to both individuals and representative bodies and will close on 7 January 2010.