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Government Response to Ethnic Minority Business and Women's Enterprise Task Force Recommendations.

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 05-NOV-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-5 November 2009-UK Government: Government Response to Ethnic Minority Business and Women's Enterprise Task Force Recommendations(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

RDATE:05112009

'We can't afford to waste any business talent', Business Secretary Lord Mandelson said today as he launched new measures to ensure women and ethnic minority business people have the support and confidence to maximise their business potential.

The actions follow recommendations by the Ethnic Minority Business Task Force and the Women's Enterprise Taskforce.

Confidence, in particular, was outlined as a critical issue in changing the mindset of potential women and ethnic minority entrepreneurs to establish and grow their business.

The new measures focus on further developing support in critical areas such as business support, access to finance, procurement opportunities, advocacy and data. They include:

-- Supporting and catalyzing female entrepreneurship across the country through the establishment of:

- a Women's Enterprise Champion in each of the regions to encourage more women to start their own enterprises and to advise Ministers

- a new industry-led Women's Enterprise Forum to increase GVA growth through women...

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