The Women's Business Centre
UK’s first dedicated Women’s Business
Centre
The first ever purpose built Women’s Business Centre in the UK
celebrated its launch on the 2nd of May 2008.
The Women’s Business Centre is part of the Centre of Innovation
and Partnerships at Newham College. The centre delivers training
and coaching to women starting and growing new businesses.
Some courses and services delivered at
the Women’s Business centre are:
- Incubator units available for hire
- Training suite
- Surgeries by professionals such as accountants and lawyers
- Great value membership packages
- Training and workshops in NLP and Business topics
- One to one Business coaching and Business advice &
support
- Ongoing access to Business advice
Situated in Newham College’s brand new
Busnessworks centre in East Ham, the Women’s Business
Centre was created to meet the new Government Enterprise strategy
proposing the piloting of Women’s Business Centres across the
UK.
It builds on the huge success of the college’s
Her Business project. In the last six years the Her
Business team have helped over 500 women start their own
business. In January 2006 European Regional Development funds were
secured to develop a Women’s Business Centre to embed and
mainstream the current provision of business support service to
local women. The team are currently working with over
2,000 women.
Their work has enabled women from some of the
poorest households in Britain to be encouraged and supported by
other women to take charge in their lives, gain confidence, move
into new areas of employment and self employment, grow their
business and be better prepared to overcome the many barriers that
women experience in reaching economic and social independence.
Her Business was an ERDF-funded project targeting women
throughout Newham. The project supported an increased rate of
business start up by women from ethnic heritage groups, and helped
make these businesses sustainable through a programme of coaching,
advice and networking. The project ran from 2003-2006.
Businessworks is the home of the Women’s
Business Centre, Newham College’s Employment Service and Talent’s
At Work team. Supported by London borough of Newham’s Workplace,
Businessworks aims to provide effective support to those seeking to
enhance their employability skills, including self-employment.
For more information on the Women's Business
Centre, check out their website: www.herbusinessuk.co.uk
The Women's Business Centre, High Street
South, London, E6 6ER. Info@cipsonline.com
