E2E Female Track 100 2024: Britain’s fastest-growing women-led businesses
The IndependentSign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. For the launch, I chaired a panel comprising some of the E2E Female Track 100 stars: Emma Banks, ceo of Ramarketing, life sciences marketing; Angie Ma, co-founder Faculty AI applied AI consulting; Juliana Delaney, Continuum visitor attractions; and Pippa Begg and Jennifer Sundberg of Board Intelligence leadership and boardroom advisory. “There’s a lot around about women joining boards and the 30% Club, but what we’re really focused on is encouraging women to set up their own businesses.” Shalini gave some figures: only 18% of women ever consider starting their own business; there are 1.62m self-employed women in the UK; in 2023, women in the UK established 150,000 new companies; the economic impact of increasing women in employment in 2023 was £201bn, which represents 6% of GDP. “By shining a spotlight on the outstanding contributions of women entrepreneurs, the E2E Female 100 list not only celebrates successes, but also advocates for the recognition and equal treatment of women in business.” Emma said she worked in a sector, pharma, that was male dominated. Juliana said, not entirely tongue in cheek, “it was time for the women to start trying to help the blokes”.