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Creating positive footprints

All-Party Entrepreneurship Reception at House of Lords

The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Entrepreneurship held a relaunch breakfast at the House of Lords. 


Helene Martin Gee, who worked with The Earl of Erroll to establish the APPGE back in 2007 attended the event which was hosted by TEN The Entrepreneurs Network which runs the secretariat.








February Aperitivo

Pink Shoe Ambassadors and members met with the spring BoardAble cohort along with alumnae from the programme for well-deserved informal drinks and networking after the first seminar. 

We were delighted to be joined by new members attending their first event and by the wonderful Victor Pinnock from the Cabinet Office, who was able to share details of the public appointments process and the wide range of opportunities available.


To the great surprise of our very own Sheila Williamson and BoardAble Programme Director Vanda Green, we celebrated each of their Birthdays with delicious cakes!

BoardAble spring 2020

The BoardAble programme is going from strength to strength with another excellent cohort recruited in spring 2020. 










Candidates are put through a rigorous application process just as if applying for a Ministerial Public Appointment so gaining a place on the programme is already an achievement.













The first session put delegates through their paces and the group did remarkably well. No details here, as the process is kept confidential to ensure each cohort gains equal opportunity and learning from the challenges placed upon them. 

Congratulations to our eight excellent participants and a big thank you to the observers and course tutors who give their time, energy and expertise towards greater board diversity and to deliver more women and diverse candidates in public life.


#FQ6 at The Shard

Warwick Business School was the location for our 6th International Forum, the 5th year running that the Enterprise Research Centre has hosted the event which was again generously supported by Addidi and the AreYouIn Movement. 








Over 100 delegates received a a warm welcome from our hosts then the event opened with an inspiring and highly motivating talk from Lara Morgan.



Building Business Resilience

Latest findings from the Enterprise Research Centre mapped business resilience across 5 major cities. Along with some very interesting useful data, findings have been used to create a useful toolkit to build greater resilience into businesses. This takes business owners through stages to enable them to map the risks their business may face and help them plan for a crisis - hopefully before this happens.







Alison Rose in Conversation

A fascinating evening at Coutts, gaining an insight into Alison Rose and her journey to the top of RBS and becoming the first woman CEO of a major British Bank.