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The Agenda:The Agenda:
• Why Women? • Facts & Figures• What are we doing?• Internal Focus• Events and activities• Questions
Why Women?Why Women?
• Just over a MILLION women are now self employed – an increase of around 10% over the last 4 years
• Women-owned or led businesses currently contribute about £60bn to the UK economy
• Women in Britain will be wealthier than men - controlling 60% of the nation’s wealth by 2025
• Women influence over 80% of all consumer purchases
• Women do it differently – the trends• Women respond and purchase differently• Government initiatives and targets• A market of the future! • The scale of the opportunity
Why Women?
• To provide a service that demonstrates our understanding of women’s attitudes to banking and their business goals
• Connecting women to the advice, information and networks that build business
• It’s NOT about different financial products… women want to be served differently
Our Approach:
ConnectingConnecting women to advice and women to advice and information that builds businessinformation that builds business
BIG FISHBIG FISH – our innovative flagship – our innovative flagship communication tool for WiB communication tool for WiB
www.bankofscotland.co.uk/women Our unique online forum for business smart advice, information and downloads
• Winners - Prowess Outstanding Achievement for Women's Enterprise award.INNOVATOR category 2006
• Winners - Opportunity Now Private Sector award for gender diversity 2005
• Winners - Corporate Award. CBI / Real Business First Women Awards 2005
Corporate SavvyCorporate Savvy is our innovative is our innovative new programme for Corporate new programme for Corporate ColleaguesColleagues
• Launched to celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8th 2006
• Provides training, confidence-building and networking opportunities for Corporate females.
• It is in no way a ‘women’s club’; many of the topics have a broad appeal, whilst other bear a more specific gender lens
We are dedicated to helping to We are dedicated to helping to stimulate a stimulate a positive and inclusivepositive and inclusive Corporate cultureCorporate culture
Online informationOnline information to facilitate access to a diverse to facilitate access to a diverse range of resources and eventsrange of resources and events
The programme is a The programme is a direct complimentdirect compliment to the to the offerings of HR, L&D and the Equality & Diversity offerings of HR, L&D and the Equality & Diversity team.team.
Recognised as a Recognised as a practioner of best practicepractioner of best practice, BOS , BOS was invited to join the UK Corporate Women's was invited to join the UK Corporate Women's Network group. Network group.