Female small business leaders can benefit from accounting software

News Article - 30 May 2008
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The growing number of female entrepreneurs in Britain can improve their financial reporting and management of accounts by investing in good accounting software.

According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), the growing number of women setting up their own small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is "really good news" for the country.

A spokesperson for the organisation suggests that women are choosing to establish businesses in their 30s and 40s because it is "becoming something that is quite possible to do and it's a bit easier for women to balance work and life".

"Traditionally it has been a male-dominated thing to do and we're pleased that the situation appears to be changing quite fast now," he stated.

A report to the Small Business Service published in November 2006 indicated that 1,013,000 women (7.6 per cent of women in employment) were self-employed. Britain had an estimated 4.5 million businesses at the beginning of 2006.

A third of female entrepreneurs responding to a Cabinet Office survey wanted to see more encouragement from the government to help them start up new businesses.

Accounts software packages can provide female entrepreneurs with a simple, low cost and effective way to manage their accounts and meet their financial responsibilities.

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