Just 18% of companies in the UK are led by women, and while data suggests female entrepreneurs are on the rise, men still receive more funding and are entrusted with higher average loans to get them started.
In the concluding interview of an eight-part series, Money blog reporter Jess Sharp speaks to women who are bossing it in their respective fields – hearing stories, struggles and advice for those who want to follow in their footsteps by starting a business.
This week she has spoken to Denise Gosney, the founder and owner of theatre school company Razzamataz…
If you think appearing on Dragons’ Den means Denise was handed success in business on a plate, you’d be very wrong.
The 51-year-old’s first memories are of sharing an “airing cupboard bedroom” as a child – and it was this childhood that instilled in her the ethos that if you want something, the answer is to work harder.
She grew up in a little town near Glasgow in a two-bedroom council flat with her mum, dad and three siblings.
“Money was very, very, very tight,” Denise said. “I don’t…
