Britain’s banks are biased
By Kate Pritchard
The biggest stumbling block for women entrepreneurs is a lack of cash. And Britain's high-street banks aren’t much help: “They have an institutionalised bias against female-owned firms, typically charging one per cent more in interest on business loans,” complains businesswoman Jane Barnes.

From shiny noses to acne: teenage skincare, it’s an £850m market.
By Rebecca Burn-Callander
When Lianne Miller launched the Young & Pure range in 2006, the ex-business consultant knew nothing about skincare. Now her teen toiletry business is looking at a £1m-turnover in its second year.

My business is pants
By Fiona McLean*
Fiona McLean has made the transition from working in the finance operation of a large company to being an entrepreneur and FD of her designer lingerie business. Here, she tells us all about it.

MARGARET HEFFERNAN: Women entrepreneurs take more risks than their testosterone-driven conterparts
By Real Business

Normal jobs are too boring, risky and restricting for female entrepreneurs

Louisa Fletcher, entrepreneur, Property Price Advice
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The amazing tale of Doris Drucker
By Margaret Heffernan
The wife of the world's preeminent management guru started a successful business at 82.

The testosterone myth
By Margaret Heffernan
A woman in business will run a very different kind of company to men.

The customer is queen
By Peter Knight
Want to sell your product or service successfully? Target it at women.

Diary of a woman entrepreneur - part 3
By Karen Darby
She's in Libya. Mission: to bring entrepreneurship to an authoritarian regime.

Diary of a woman entrepreneur - part 2
By Karen Darby
Life for a woman entrepreneur in Libya ain't easy.