Anna Flockett

Former Editor of Startups Magazine (2019-2022) Anna Flockett, is a Journalism graduate from Sheffield Hallam University, who not only has a passion to champion and celebrate all the technology focused startups out there, she is really keen to encourage more women into technology and to raise awareness of the importance of introducing more girls into STEM subjects in schools. 

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Supporting women-led businesses with free business support programme

To mark International Women’s Day, University of Bristol-led tech incubator, SETsquared Bristol, are opening applications for Enterprising Women 2.0, a pre-incubation programme for women-led businesses, in partnership with NatWest.

This article is part 24 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
IWD Tips to Help SMBs Authentically Engage with Female Customers

Especially for International Women’s Day on March 8, iStock has unveiled a series of tips to help SMBs meaningfully depict diversity, encouraging them to intentionally and authentically portray women across age, race and cultural lines in their marketing and advertising campaigns for their benefit, and the benefit of women everywhere.

This article is part 19 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Pandemic Positively Impacts Career of Women Working in Cybersecurity

Nearly half of women working in cybersecurity (49%) say that the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their career in a positive way, with just nine percent of female cybersecurity professionals saying that the pandemic negatively impacted their career. This is according to a new global report from human layer security company Tessian, published this International Women’s Day.

This article is part 18 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Workplaces step up support as two in five women worried about post-pandemic burnout

To coincide with International Women’s Day, O2 is sharing new research revealing how women have been impacted by challenges raised by Coronavirus. As insights show how employees are feeling a year on from the outbreak of the pandemic, O2 is calling on employers to ramp up their focus on wellbeing and take action to ensure women thrive in the post-pandemic workplace.

This article is part 17 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Calls for more support and encouragement for female-led businesses

Almost one fifth of women (17%) are considering starting their own business, in a sign of a potential fresh wave of female-led startups that could help power the UK’s economic recovery.

This article is part 15 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
International Women’s Day backing with call for equal opportunities

Research by the Belvoir Group has found that although three quarters of women working in the property industry are keen to run their own business, lack of confidence and concerns about juggling family and work life are major preventative factors.

This article is part 11 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
How to Break The Status Quo

This year’s theme for International Women’s Day is #ChoosetoChallenge, so we’ve spoken to a host of female leaders doing just that. CEO of Clearbanc, Michele Romanow is using AI to challenge traditional VC investment. With decisions based on data and not ‘who you know’ Clearbanc has invested in 8x more women than men in the UK. CMO of Fiverr Gali Arnon, believes freelance marketplaces are helping to diminish the gender pay gap for women across the world and Anna Brailsford, CEO of Code First Girls is on a mission to get more women into coding.

This article is part 14 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Have gender roles regressed 10-20 years in the tech industry?

Gender roles have been set back significantly since the COVID crisis began stated 57% of respondents to a new survey of the UK tech industry released ahead for International Women’s Day 2021.

This article is part 10 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Startup Magazine’s 20 most influential women

Working at Startups Magazine, we come across some extremely inspiring, empowering and all-round incredible women, but it would be impossible to name them all. As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, we wanted to highlight our 20 most influential women of 2020 from our last Women in Tech edition.

This article is part 8 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Meet the women-owned businesses who led from the top during the pandemic

Three inspirational female founders discuss how they made their start in business, how they have continued to grow throughout the pandemic, and their advice for aspiring entrepreneurs.  

This article is part 6 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Has gender equality in the workplace been achieved?

March 8th 2021 marks International Women’s Day, and a Yoopies survey on equality has revealed that 70% our survey respondents believe there is gender inequality in the workplace in various ways. Pay gaps, missing out on promotions and lack of access to positions of responsibility were cited amongst the most pressing issues of professional gender inequality and furthermore, we revealed that women are far more likely to have trouble balancing their home or personal life with their professional one than men.

This article is part 5 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Research shows majority of women struggle with self esteem

Most women are suffering with general self-esteem issues with 79% admitting to struggling in this area, according to new research released by think tank The WealthiHer Network, which was published for International Women’s Day, taking place on 8th March 2021.

This article is part 3 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
Applications close soon for CRL’s latest accelerator programme

The Central Research Laboratory (CRL) is seeking applications for its 8th world leading accelerator programme, supporting early growth stage product pioneers.

Celebrating International Women’s Day with JFD

The Digital Women’s Day, JFD in French, was started up by Delphine Remy-Boutang back in 2013, (back then just an annual meeting), but has since evolved into so much more. It is now a platform for the promotion of digital entrepreneurship for women, and JFD has brought together and celebrated a large number of women who all share the same goal – to revolutionise the world digitally both in Europe and Africa.

This article is part 2 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
What should you consider before you start investing?

A growing number of people are showing interest in investing. This has been evidenced by an increase in the number of trading and investment accounts opened over the last 18 months and the interest is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. Additionally, more and more business and startup entrepreneurs are getting involved as well. This is due to an interest in becoming more financially literate as well as the desire to benefit from investment yield. But how to go about it?

Has the budget announcement promised enough support for crisis hit SMEs?

Today saw what we had all been waiting for, the budget announcement from the Chancellor Rishi Sunak – but what does that mean for the economy and small businesses? 

5G Solution enables joint programme between Ofcom and Digital Catapult

Eight 5G solution providers have joined the SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre (SONIC), a joint programme between Digital Catapult and Ofcom to test interoperability and integration of open networking solutions.

Ethical recruitment is the answer for struggling charities

A brand new recruitment agency has launched in the West Midlands with the ambition of making the industry a more community-conscious one. 70/30 Club is leading the way in ethical recruitment, committing 70% of its profits to local charities every year, whilst delivering talent acquisition for a range of organisations.

Meet Mel – Founder of This Mum Runs

This Mum Runs is the largest mobile, on and offline running community for Mums in the world, aiming to empower millions of women to feel great about themselves just through moving more and doing it using the power of community. Here we chat to Mel Bound, Founder and CEO of This Mum Runs, as part of our International Women’s Day celebrations.

This article is part 1 of 24 in the series IWD 2021
New Sticky could ’revolutionise’ online trading for small businesses

A revolutionary new technology that allows customers to order products or access information with just the tap of a smartphone could transform the online marketplace, an expert says.