Tag Archives: Women in business

2012 Are you encouraged or discouraged? What I will be doing to ensure success?

Posted on 4, January 2012 by Emily

Over the last few months it has been pretty difficult not to have noticed the bleak economic prospect overshadowing Europe. In the comfort of my home during Christmas it seemed difficult to imagine the impact the economic outlook could have … Continue 1 reading →

Posted in Business Development, Business Growth, Discussion, Get involved, Human Resources, Marketing, Performance Management, Sales, Setting up a business | Tagged Marketing, Planning, Sales, Women in business | 3 Comments

Happy New Year! What will 2012 bring and are you prepared for it?

Posted on 4, January 2012 by Emily

Happy New Year from all of us at Icon Women! We hope that you had a restful and enjoyable Christmas. In this traditional month of goal setting and new starts the newly redesigned Icon Women Link n Learn lunch taking … Continue 1 reading →

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Can you juggle children and running a business?

Posted on 31, October 2011 by Emily

We’re seeing how the cost of childcare is continuing to soar taking a significant chunk out of women’s salaries. According to research from Aviva, 32,000 British working mothers have left their jobs in the past year due to soaring childcare … Continue 1 reading →

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Women Mean Business

Posted on 8, August 2011 by Bethan

Would you like to expand your vision and create a ‘can do’ attitude that will push your business Forward?… Identities have teamed up with Doncaster CVS to bring you a series of informative workshops running throughout August, designed to support ladies who are … Continue 1 reading →

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7 Simple steps to successful networking for women in business

Posted on 13, July 2011 by Emily

Networking can often be a daunting prospect and once you do pluck up the courage to attend an event, you may feel you are not able to make new contacts or gain new leads. Icon Women have therefore put together … Continue 1 reading →

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Icon Women Survey 2011

Posted on 13, July 2011 by Emily

It has been great to see so many of you get involved with Icon Women activity over the past year. With a client base of over 600 women all wanting to network in Doncaster and beyond, Icon Women would like … Continue 1 reading →

Posted in Get involved, Survey | Tagged Business Women, Events, Icon Women, Networking, Survey, Women, Women in business | 1 Comment

Are women natural born business networkers?

Posted on 11, July 2011 by Emily

When it comes to business networking we have been surprised at women’s reactions. You may love to network but are you any good at it? Do you know yourself and your business well enough to choose which networking event is … Continue 1 reading →

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Why 600 heads are better than one

Posted on 5, July 2011 by Guest

I’m proud to sit on the board of social enterprise Icon Women and was even prouder hearing my colleague, Sarah Woodward’s reaction to the latest Icon Women event ‘The Big Lunch’. Tweet

Posted in Discussion, Events | Tagged Business networking, Business Women, Doncaster, Events, Icon Women, Networking, Social Enterprise, South Yorkshire, Women in business | 1 Comment