Women's Business Voice

In this uplifting and deeply personal episode of Women's Business Voice, we meet the founder of Sanity Daily, a Top 10 UK mental health blog and award-winning podcast. Her story is one of survival and self-discovery - navigating 17 tumours, divorce, single motherhood, and the challenges of starting life afresh in a new country. Through her own healing journey, she found purpose in helping othe...

In this profoundly moving episode of Women's Business Voice, we sit down with Lena Thompson, a speaker and transformational guide whose journey across Soviet Russia, Israel, and South Africa was marked by trauma, war, and survival. From watching coffins of fallen soldiers pass by as a child to experiencing chemical war drills and relentless upheaval, Lena's early life trained her to be str...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. Women were once Britain’s largest computing workforce and a hidden engine of growth in the world of technology. Dr Mar Hicks will explain the ‘gender flip’ that occurred in the world of computing in the 1960s and 1970s, and what this meant...

In the 1970s the Women’s Liberation Movement campaigned for women’s rights. But as well as being political activists, many second wave feminists were entrepreneurs, who also experimented with business practices. Dr D-M Withers introduces us to the publishers and book workers of second wave feminism in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s to discuss how they navigated masculine systems of finance, and equit...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. Speaking about her upcoming book on disability in Britain, Professor Lucy Delap will talk about the barriers to employment that have often faced women with disabilities. In particular we’ll be discussing a number of women who responded to j...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. This episode, we’ll take a look at the history of women in the world of finance, from stockbrokers to financial advice columnists. Professor James Taylor invites us to discover more about the women who fought for a space on the Stock Exchan...

In this deeply reflective episode of Women's Business Voice, we speak with Eglė Aleknavičiūtė—Wealth, Business & Purpose Strategist—whose journey from a small town in Lithuania to a high-flying finance career in the Netherlands took an unexpected and transformative turn. After years in corporate finance, Eglė realised that something crucial was missing—not just in her career, but in the wa...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. This episode will take a closer look at the sex advice industry and Mary Stopes: an Edwardian advice columnist and queen of self-promotion. Dr Sarah Jones will talk us through some of the women who made their careers selling sex tips and to...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. In this episode this we’re going to take a look at the world of science, experiments, and scientific discovery. Although we might not consider scientists traditional entrepreneurs, they have often been lauded by society as innovators, as cr...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. For many women, working for themselves has been a strategy for making money at times when they had few other options. Dr Aleena Din takes a look at post-war migration, discrimination in the labour market, and the ingenuity and entrepreneuri...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. This episode takes a closer look at the direct sales industry, from the vantage of the women who helped it boom. From Tupperware to Avon, Dr Amy Edwards will cover what it meant to set up as a doorstop saleswoman in the twentieth century. A...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. The series as a whole will explore the relationship between gender, work, and career in the nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first centuries, asking what’s new (and what isn’t) about the nature of women’s working lives in Britain? Episodes...

In this episode of Women's Business Voice, we’re joined by Sabrina Yegela, the founder of Bantu Vegan - a Tanzanian lifestyle brand that celebrates heritage through organic farming, plant-based products, and immersive cultural experiences. Sabrina combines traditional wisdom with modern innovation to create a business that prioritizes sustainability, community collaboration, and holistic living. S...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. This episode will focus on the lives of teenage girls, and their pathways to employment. Dr Hannah Charnock will be talking about what careers advice was like for young women and how it has changed over the decades. Dr Amy Edwards Amy is a...

From Side Hustles to Empires - Histories of Women’s Working Lives, featuring a series of conversations between Dr Amy Edwards and a range of expert historians. The first episode of this series will offer a brief history of women’s working lives from the early modern industrious household, through the industrial revolution, to the ‘return to work’ during WW2, and the push for gender equality. We’ll...

BTVadventures  (Beyond the Valley), whose bold mission is putting Pakistan’s Karakoram range on the global adventure travel map—while championing sustainability, empowerment, and cultural preservation. What began in 2022 as a travel startup has quickly evolved into a force for responsible tourism, women’s inclusion, and global storytelling. From launching female-led cultural tours in Hunza to earn...

In this electrifying episode of Women's Business Voice, we meet Christine Marsh - a Top 10 Voice and unstoppable changemaker who proves that age is no limit to reinvention. At 84, Christine has just signed a five-year modelling contract, all while continuing to empower leaders and transform organisations across four continents. From her adventurous military childhood in India and Singapore to laun...

We’re thrilled to be joined by Jemima Gray, the founder of Cotswold Fox, a brand that blends equestrian heritage with timeless British fashion. What started as a university project has evolved into a thriving business, known for its signature style and commitment to quality. In this episode, we’ll explore Jemima’s journey- from her early inspirations and the challenges of building a brand to her v...

In this captivating episode, we delve into the extraordinary life of Elizabeth Ashcombe, the longest-serving Chatelaine of Sudeley Castle. Born in America, Elizabeth’s journey took an unexpected turn when she met her future husband—an heir to the castle—on a blind date in New York. After settling in Holland Park with their two young children, the family moved to Sudeley in 1969 when the castle was...

In this special tenth episode of "Women's Business Voice," host Angela turns the mic over to her 15-year-old daughter for an insightful and heartwarming conversation about business, career aspirations, and life choices from a teenager's perspective. Together, they explore the hopes, dreams, and challenges that the next generation faces as they think about their futures. This unique episode offers...

In our ninth episode of "Women's Business Voice," we delve into the inspiring journey of Nicole Craveiro, Founder and CEO of CraveHRO, who is transforming the way workplaces address mental health. Nicole's story is deeply personal—shaped by the experience of supporting her mother through chronic pain and severe depression, and the tragic consequences that followed. After facing her own professiona...

A bonus episode! Join us for the keynote talk at the 2022 Women's Business Awards by Angela De Souza where she talks about the early days of Women's Business Club and her top 3 keys to winning in business.

In our eighth episode of "Women's Business Voice," we are honoured to spotlight the incredible journey of Fahima Danishmal, a woman who has transformed her life and the lives of others through her unwavering commitment to education and resilience. Forced to flee Afghanistan at the age of twelve, Fahima's passion for empowering women through education began in the refugee camps of Pakistan and grew...

Failure is commonly perceived as a negative word and often something to be feared. Angela De Souza, of Women's Business Club, addressed this common misconception as she shared her positives views of failure with the Breakfast Networking Club. She says that failure is essential to success - without failure, there can be no success! Enjoy an inspiring talk that will radically change your views o...

It's easier to fail at business than to succeed, so let's take a look at what causes failure and learn from our mistakes and other people's too so we can build businesses that last.