Start-ups run by women receive just nine per cent of venture capital funding despite the fact around a third of businesses in the country are female-owned.
It is estimated that up to £250bn of new value could be added to the UK economy if barriers to success are removed and women start and scale businesses at the same rate as men IWD19
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