Richard Maino

Girls allowed: a new international women’s business centre, called WICED, is to be built in the UK.

Photographer: Image by Northwest Regional Development Agency

International Centre For Women’s Enterprise Is A World First

14 September 2010

by Richard Maino, London Press Service

Trade & Industry » Business & Investment

A REVOLUTIONARY international business centre is to be built in the UK, the first of its kind globally, crucial to encourage women to become entrepreneurs and grow their own businesses. read more

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