- 40 of the UK's leading women innovators to scale up their innovations to help the UK recover from COVID-19 and tackle global challenges
- from Belfast to Bristol, pioneering ideas will receive a £50,000 government grant to scale up their plans
- investment comes on International Women's Day and the start of British Science Week, and is part of the government's bold ambition to build back better through innovative science and research
Visionary British female entrepreneurs are receiving government backing to drive forward their novel innovations and business ideas, as the UK builds back better from the COVID-19 pandemic and progresses its climate change ambitions.
Announced today (Monday 8 March 2021) by Science Minister Amanda Solloway to mark International Women's Day, 40 of the country's top female innovators will be awarded a cash injection of £50,000 each, as well as bespoke mentoring, to scale up and bring to market their disruptive business ideas, many of which have been borne out in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Located right across the UK, from Scotland to Salisbury, business innovations receiving government backing include a company creating sustainable green interior furniture for the airline industry, an app to make emergency services more accessible for those suffering from domestic abuse and an innovative technology to help large organisations to manage and reduce their waste.
Science Minister Amanda Solloway said:
As we build back better from COVID, it is a priority of mine to continue equipping our brightest female innovators with the tools they need to succeed, while encouraging a new generation of women to come forward and pursue their ambitions.
Today we are supporting 40 of our most trailblazing female entrepreneurs, helping them to turn their innovative ideas and aspirations into a reality, creating the products and services that will help improve our lives and boost our economy.
Among the entrepreneurs being backed today are:
- Joan D'Arcy, founder of Plastic
