Women who mean business - Happy International Women’s Day The number of women in self-employment is increasing and Ealing has some growing vibrant networks of women in business and women starting out in business. According to the Women’s Budget Group 2016, “self-employed women are the majority of the newly self-employed. The increase in the number of women in the UK becoming self-employed is unprecedented. Women are innovating on a rapid scale and we are showing no signs of slowing down". You only have to turn up to any of the networking events in Ealing and you will encounter the many new ideas, products and concepts being birthed into the World by those that you meet. But the challenge remains the same, despite the scope for success and the potential we are seeing from women all around, we know that the amount of women in the world today who are starting and scaling businesses still remains much lower than men, and the challenges that hold us back seem to be a