Women bore the brunt of Covid, let’s get back in business What is your purpose in life? Perhaps it’s your children, career, a decent living or giving back to those less fortunate. For many of us, our job gets us up in the morning – not because we love it…

With sustainability being a focus for us for the next few months, we met up with Jillian, owner of The Little Green Larder in Dundee. Jillian runs Dundee’s first completely zero waste shop and we wanted to learn more about how sustainability has been at the heart of the business…

Coca-Cola join forces with Women’s Business Station to encourage small businesses in the community to take small steps towards a net zero future After the success of Coca-Cola 5-by-20 which was a programme designed to economically empower 5 million women globally by 2020 and led to the birth of Women’s Business Station,…

Women’s Business Station member Hayley Donnelly of Racquet Buddies is branching out and becoming a franchise with the help of Linda Johnstone who has become the first franchisee. It’s fantastic seeing two women empower each other to reach new heights in their business! A Perthshire primary school teacher has become…

Shonagh spoke to Sophie Fairweather (daughter of Kelly Fairweather, owner of The Selkie Dundee) about what it was like growing up in a business environment and how it effect her outlook on her own career and how she presents herself to the world. Sophie Fairweather, ” I ’ve learned it’s…

Getting to know our Enterprise Facilitator – Kate Mason Kate, tell us a little about your role here at Women’s Business Station?  I joined WBS 3 months ago as an “Enterprise Facilitator”.  Once new members have joined, they are offered three 1-2-1 sessions where we can take a deeper look at their business and in particular, highlight areas…

Read the latest article where our CEO and founder, Angie De Vos reflects on the past year and talks of The Aspiring Women programme set to launch in September.   A new programme from a Dundee social enterprise aims to prevent women getting left behind in the pandemic. The Aspiring…

Women’s Business Station has more than doubled its workforce due to growing demand for its services and support during COVID-19. Women’s Business Station exists to support women on their business journey, empowering them to achieve their goals, whether big or small.   The social enterprise has an ambitious, 10-year plan to…

From today (1st June 2021), men and women in Scotland will have the right to enter a civil partnership after a change in the law granted them the same rights as same-sex couples. Women’s Business Station Member Amanda Wilson explains what the changes mean in the Courier newspaper. Amanda Wilson…

  Our Funding and Research Assistant Marianthi reflects on her first couple of months working with the Women’s Business Station team, how the government’s Kickstarter scheme helped her find the role and what the future holds for the jewellery designer.    I first heard about the Funding and Research Assistant job at Women’s Business Station through…