Girls! Make Your Mark Awards
These new awards, which we have launched with handbag.com, are here to celebrate Britain’s female entrepreneurs and encourage more to take the plunge.Sounds exciting - tell me more!
A panel of prominent businesswomen including Jacqueline Gold, Head of Ann Summers, Carrie Grant, vocal coach to the stars, and Natasha Aitken, Editor of handbag.com, will help judge five exciting Girls! Make Your Mark Award categories: - Female Entrepreneur of the Year
- Entrepreneurs with a Conscience
- The Pioneer (for businesses less than 12 months old or an enterprising idea)
- Handbags and Gladrags
- People’s Choice (as voted for by handbag.com readers)
What are the prizes?
I think the Girls! Make Your Mark Awards will help provide a fabulous arena to showcase the brilliant efforts of female entrepreneurs in the UK today. I know from personal experience that it can be challenging running a start up business, whilst juggling other aspects of your life, this is why I feel it is important to support and help champion females who have gone it alone and are realising their dreams.
Pearl Lowe
As well as giving winners the recognition and spotlight they rightly deserve there are some fantastic prizes for the successful entrants of the Girls! Make Your Mark Awards, including money-can’t-buy mentoring and advice.The big launch
Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, is backing the awards, and officially launched the awards at a reception in London on Monday 12th May.Famous faces
A host of some of the most influential women in business today are also lending their support and expertise to this inspirational initiative including designer Pearl Lowe and fashionista Savannah Miller.British women and enterprise - the shoe fits
A recent survey has found that when it comes to owning a business, British women aspire to walk in Tamara Mellon’s Jimmy Choos, running her shoe empire. However, although many are envious of Victoria Beckham’s husband, the same can’t be said of her business empire with only 2% wishing to take the helm of her venture!We receive an overwhelming response from readers when we support successful businesswomen on our site. It sparks great debate in our forums, with women talking about their experiences, dreams and fears about setting up their own ventures.
Natasha Aitken, editor of handbag.com
Interestingly, three quarters of women believe that their female attributes, including intuition and guile, would give them the edge over their male counterparts in the business arena.
How to enter
The awards are open to entries until 21st July 2008 and those short-listed will attend a glamorous awards ceremony in September.For more information and to enter please visit handbag.com.
Girls! Make Your Mark is a campaign to inspire more young women to have ideas and make them happen.