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...men's section) brought their experience in business support for women. AEFAEMME (the association of organisations supporting women-owned businesses in the Mediterranean basin) and NBJ Associates of Italy offered extensive dissemination routes. Birmingham University Business School provided an independent and academic evaluation of the project.

Female entrepreneurs face a set of barriers completely different to those experienced by men in growing their business. Women are not well-served by mainstream business support; many of the barriers experienced by women in their start-up phase (e.g., access to finance and confidence issues) remain in place when they wish to grow. There is alarming evidence in the UK that women are being disproport ...