… association that started making small loans to women entrepreneurs in Berlin area in 1982. Its objective is to help business women in Berlin to set up and invest in their own businesses … scheme in 2006, which provided financial support for unemployed people in the initial start-up phase (up to €300 …
… Pionnières is a network of business incubators which helps women entrepreneurs to establish themselves in innovative … its clients are mothers over 40 years old, who are either unemployed or looking to make a career change. It works in … the majority of women the network supports are mothers, unemployed and over 40 years old. Women who are in work but …
… (€15m) fund which makes equity investments to help strong women’s businesses grow. It works on a co-investment basis in … expertise on finance measures to support SMEs. In the UK women are about half as likely as men to be entrepreneurs. … that that have been introduced have tended to focus on the unemployed and form part of wider programmes helping them to …