With the number of women in self-employment and owning their own business having increased significantly over the past 10 years.
Encouraging women into business is vitally important for the health of our economy, the vibrancy of our business culture, and for the pride and self-esteem of women.
But we know that many women encounter more and often different barriers compared to men when starting an enterprise and growing their business.
Ground-breaking businesswomen are becoming more and more visible across the breadth of sectors including manufacturing, technology, finance and many other so-called "non-traditionally female" sectors. Director TV and the Pioneering Women.
In Business programme is going to showcase extraordinary women in British business but also inspire other women.
Women are far more receptive to hearing from people who can speak from experience, and more readily adapt their own business models in response to advice. Women are risk managers, not risk takers. But that does not mean they are not focussed.
They will claim success for their teams as a whole, but they are harsh critics of themselves when things go wrong.