CPG September Women's Enterprise Scotland

Women’s Enterprise Scotland (WES) is a not-for-profit, research-led Community Interest Company (CIC) which aims to create an environment where more women can start up in business and make their businesses thrive. WES focuses on promoting and supporting the economic contribution of women-owned businesses, and co-authored the Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Women’s Enterprise published by the Scottish Government. Women-owned businesses currently contribute £8.8bn GVA to the Scottish economy every year and have created over 230,000 jobs. Supporting women-owned businesses to start-up and grow helps to build a diverse business landscape where innovation can flourish.

Women's Enterprise Scotland

This parliamentary event has been postponed until further notice as a mark of respect to Her Majesty the Queen.

Join us for the fourth meeting of the Women in Enterprise Cross Party Group of this parliamentary session. The event will take place on Zoom.This session seeks to highlight challenges within the procurement process as experienced by SME's, with a particular focus on women's experience with tendering and securing contracts. We will explore policies and practices that can support and improve the prospects for women winning contracts, touching on areas such as the differences between public and private sector procurement and discuss what gender disaggregated data on procurement is available currently. Joining us as our expert speakers for this session will be Pauline Macdonald, Supply Chain Director of Marine Ferguson, Ruth Mcelory, Communications and Public Affairs Advisor at FSB, plus others TBC, who will guide us through this session by starting important conversations and inspire actions around the topic of procurement.We look forward to joining with you for an informative session, sharing experiences, data and a shared aspiration for women-owned businesses in Scotland.

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