Entrepreneurial mothers

Money Box

BBC

Business

4.2 • 825 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2019

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Have you set up a new business after becoming a parent? What are the challenges and rewards? The number of mothers that are working for themselves has doubled in the last ten years according to IPSE, a society representing Professionals and the Self Employed. There are now almost 600,000 freelancing mothers across the UK. In addition, there are many mums who are running their own businesses and employing others. But challenges remain - lack of access to finance and an absence of role models can hold some women back from striking out on their own professionally. But the Government is hoping to boost the numbers of female entrepreneurs with initiatives including free business mentoring services. From e-commerce, to setting up a franchise, to spotting a gap in a market and making it a profitable business, Money Box wants to hear stories from entrepreneurial mothers and share their top tips.

Join Louise Cooper and expert panel.

Guests:

Entrepreneur Alison Cork – The Government's appointed Champion for Women Entrepreneurs and founder of The National Women’s Enterprise Network, helping women to set up their own businesses.

Ruby Peacock from the Federation of Small Businesses ‘Women in Enterprise’ team

Contact the Money Box team to tell your stories The number to call is 03 700 100 444, geographic charges apply. The lines open at 1pm on Wednesday. Email moneybox@bbc.co.uk or tweet @moneybox

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0:47.5	Good afternoon. The number of mothers working for themselves has doubled in the last 10 years.
0:51.3	Mums are increasingly going it alone and setting up their own businesses.
0:55.4	For many, the reason is work-life balance, as ex-policewoman Jenny Dunmore explains. Being a police officer, when you work shifts, your shifts fall on
1:00.9	whatever day it is. So it might be your children's birthday, it might be Christmas day, it might be
1:04.7	any really key moment in your children's lives, and I'd miss them. For me, I don't ever miss
1:10.7	them now. Well, with me in the
1:12.2	studio is Alison Cork, serial entrepreneur, founder of the National Women's Enterprise Network,
1:18.2	helping women to set up their own businesses. Also, Alison, you are the government-appointed
1:21.8	champion for women entrepreneurs. Welcome to Moneybox Live. Hello. Is Jenny's the main reason, flexibility?
1:30.1	I think so. And I think there are certain tipping points in a woman's life. One of them
1:34.2	having children, the other when perhaps your children leave home, which make women want to
1:39.3	think about the flexibility they require in their life. And I think that, you know, having children
1:43.5	is probably the most important sort of their life. And I think that having children is probably the most
1:45.3	important sort of pressure point. Jenny eventually gave up her job as a police officer after
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