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Tuesday December 10, 2008

Foster Urges More Women In The Workplace

"There is still much to be done to encourage more women to both start a business and to grow an existing business."

Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster this week highlighted the importance of female entrepreneurs to the Northern economy. The Minister, who was attending a networking event in Belfast, organised by Women in Business NI, urged more women to establish new businesses and seek out new opportunities for existing female-led companies.

The Minister said: "During the three year period 2005-2008, over 4,000 women started a business here, as a direct result of Invest NI's Start a Business programme.

"While that is 45% of the start-ups from the programme for this period, the level of female entrepreneurship in Northern Ireland, in general, is still low and is in fact the lowest of all the UK regions.

"There is therefore still much to be done to encourage more women to both start a business and to grow an existing business."

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