#generalelection

Get involved in the General Election with Leading Women UK

Event Date: 
16/04/2015 - 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Venue: 
Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel - Southernhay East - Exeter EX1 1QF

Please join the Exeter network at the Mercure Exeter Southgate Hotel as part of Leading Women UK's Political Special 2015.

The Mercure Exeter will kindly be providing complimentary canapés and a glass of fizz on arrival.

According to the Fawcett society: - Men currently outnumber women 4 to 1 in Westminster. - Currently 16% of Conservative 32% of Labour and 12% of Liberal Democrats MPs are women. - Women constitute 32% of elected councillors, but just 12.3% of council leaders in England are women. - There are disparities between women and men regarding their...

Lesley Shorrocks: Small businesses and the General Election

Authored by AbiBram
Posted: Thu, 03/12/2015 - 1:25pm

It’s a crisp and sparkling, sunny morning and in my Sigma office overlooking Plymouth’s Royal William Yard, the water’s looking particularly enticing. It’s a gorgeous spot and silently I pat my husband and business partner on the back for his enlightened suggestion to buy premises here 13 years ago, when Cremyll Street was still something of an ‘interesting’ area. I can’t help daydreaming, admiring the nautical view. Right, I must gather my thoughts. Keeping up with news at the moment, let alone getting on top of my workload and the other activities I seem to get involved in, is beginning...