Next Steps - Women

Next Step: Enterprise Nation

The oracle of all thing home business, this site is run by Emma Jones and is full of helpful ideas in making your business from home a success.

Next Step: Oguntê – Global tribal Network

Oguntê is a leadership development organisation that harnesses women’s skills through social innovations, across sectors. The network is packed with tools and events and helps women to be informed decision-makers.

Next Step: Women into the Network

Women Into the Network is an initiative which assists the integration of women entrepreneurs, both aspiring and practising, into existing business networks.

Next Step: Chicks with Bricks

A celebration of women working in the built environment – architects, construction engineers, planners, designers etc.

Next Step: Forward Ladies

From just five ladies we now have approaching 3,000 members. Last year we held 62 events, attended by around 4,000 businesswomen. We have moved into providing training workshops, mentoring, business surgeries, and even foreign trade missions.

Next Step: The Athena Network

This network aims to put like-minded women together who are passionate about growing and developing their business. The network is growing rapidly with groups starting all over the UK.

Next Step: Women’s Wisdom

Women's Wisdom exists to provide a regular networking support framework to keep women entrepreneurs motivated and progressing their businesses. They run Women’s Learning Circles throughout Dorset, Hampshire and West Sussex.

Next Step: Precious Online

A network, magazine and resource for women of colour.

Next Step: National Black Women’s Network

A network dedicated to raising the status and position of black women in all walks of life.

Next Step: Women on Top, groups across the East of England

A network to inspire, enthuse, inform and celebrate aspiring women entrepreneurs and corporate high-fliers.

Next Step: Sister Snog, London

A network for women with entrepreneurial spirit, ambition and adventure and a sense of fun.

Next Step: THE DIVAS NETWORK, Stoke on Trent

A new network that was set up in Enterprise Week by a young female entrepreneur. The Divas Network has just been awarded a Big Boost grant to provide cost effective networking oppurtunties for female business women in Staffordshire.

Next Step: Chippy Lippys

Women in the Chipping Norton area have the chance to make business contacts and friends at a networking group for professional women.

Next Step: Babes and Briefcases

Runs networking events across the West Midlands.

Next Step: Micro finance without borders

Microfinance courses for professionals to learn the essentials about microfinance, an effective and sustainable tool against poverty, and to do field work using their skills to make a difference.

Next Step: Forward Ladies

Forward Ladies is a business support network for women in business or employment. They offer a range of events including networking, inspirational speakers, training, mentoring, coaching, business support and international trade visits.

Next Step: Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network

The Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN) is a subsidiary of the Professional Family Woman's Network Ltd based in the United Kingdom, is a global network which aims to increase the number of innovative women embracing enterprise.

Next Step: European Federation of Black Women Business Owners

This black women's motivational organisation has been in operation in the UK since October 1996.

Next Step: Prowess

Established in 2002, Prowess is a non-profit organisation limited by guarantee who support the growth of women's businesses.

Next Step: Women in Rural Enterprise

Women in Rural Enterprise or WiRE has been offering business support to rural women since 1996. Today WiRE is a national business club for rural women, offering practical and specific business services and support for women in rural enterprise.