Ahead of Global Entrepreneurship Week (17-23 November) with the 2025 theme #TogetherWeBuild GEN UK Chair, Marc Ortmans, was honoured to speak at the 5th World Business Women Summit held at the House of Lords. Savvitas led by Helene Martin Gee and Sue Lawton MBE convened women leaders, entrepreneurs, policymakers, changemakers and male allies to set out [...]
GEN UK Ambassador for Purpose and Founder of One Earth, Linzi Boyd, is in conversation with leading voices from the world of entrepreneurship. In her weekly Thought Leadership Series, Linzi Has Words, Linzi meets Yvonne Greeves Natwest Director Women in Business, Alla Ouvarova Founder and CEO of Two Chicks, Jacqueline Brown Founder Fashion Africa, and David [...]
The Restart Ukraine programme is now live and supporting 30 Ukrainian female founders as part of the first cohort. Each is paired with a personal coach and together they identify the specialist mentors and business advisors they need to rebuild their businesses in the UK. In the coming weeks we will be sharing stories from our [...]
Jacqueline Winstanley has been appointed to the GEN UK board. A thought leader in the reduction of global inequalities, Jacqueline’s work is recognised as good practice in the UK and internationally. She is a global humanitarian, innovator, Founder CEO of Universal Inclusion, and The Inclusive Entrepreneur Network. Jacqueline has influenced significant changes in government policy in the UK and [...]
Startup growth expert Babita Devi has joined the GEN UK Board as a Non-Executive Director. Marc Ortmans, Chair of GEN UK, commented: “Babita is an exceptional talent when it comes to marketing and strategy. Her diverse experience across sectors and expertise in start and scale growth makes her an invaluable and exciting addition to the GEN UK [...]
Shirley Palmer is joining the GEN UK team as Ambassador Rural Entrepreneurship. Shirley said, “I feel very honoured and privileged to represent and support GEN UK as the Ambassador for Rural Entrepreneurship. It is imperative that we help recognise the potential of rural and local entrepreneurs who will support their families, customers, and communities whilst helping [...]
Last week several thousand entrepreneurship support organisations, entrepreneurs, investors, ministers and policymakers convened at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Riyadh. Join us for a GEC Special edition of the Business Show with GEN UK Ambassador, Arif Zaman on Bloomsbury Radio. Guests include Jerry Allen, Oli Barrett, Fabio Bianchi, Peter Cowley, Julian Dingli, Moni Jefferson and Steven Rodriguez. [...]
We're pleased to welcome women in business champion, Helen Martin Gee, as a Non-Executive Director. Helene is an award-winning serial entrepreneur and founder and President of Savvitas, the network for women business leaders she established as well as the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship. Helene devised the highly successful BoardAble programme improving opportunity for women and [...]
We are delighted that Dr. Jacqui Taylor is joining us as GEN UK Advisor, Net Zero. Jacqui is co-Founder/CEO of FlyingBinary, founder of the Empathy Economy and an advisor to the Cabinet Office, European Commission, and United Nations. She has been recognised as one of the Most Influential Women in UK technology and one of the [...]
The UN described the Commonwealth Women's Entrepreneurship Summit as 'the first global meeting on women in emerging tech'. It brought together 70 speakers, 20 talks, and 12 panel sessions with 1,500 participants from over 80 countries involving policy-makers, entrepreneurs, government agencies, entrepreneurship support organisations, funders and educational institutions. All live sessions were simulcast on Bloomsbury Radio interspersed with interviews [...]
