Women in Business: Book tickets for Ballymena 'Female Entrepreneurs Conference' now

  • Women in Business NI and the Causeway Enterprise Agency will present the fourth annual Female Entrepreneurs Conference on Tuesday 3 March at the Tullyglass Hotel, Ballymena. 

    Sponsored by the Women in Business ‘Yes You Can’ initiative, the event will bring together 400 delegates and coincides with International Women's Day.

    Attendees will hear from former RAF pilot Mandy Hickson, Mairead Mackle, award winning entrepreneur and founder of Homecare Independent Living and Colette Twomey, Managing Director and co-founder of Clonakilty Food Co.

    These keynote speakers will share their experiences and knowledge of growing your business for the future.

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    There will also be the return of the ‘Yes You Can’ £20k Pitching competition collaboration between Women in Business, the 11 local NI councils and Invest NI. Six regional winners will be chosen out of 36 finalists. They will then take part in a live pitching competition, with the audience voting for the overall winner who will receive an extra cash prize.

    Roseann Kelly, Women in Business Chief Executive commented: “As Northern Ireland’s leading business organisation for women, it is only right that we celebrate International Women’s Day with a host of inspirational speakers at our annual Entrepreneur Conference and we are expecting this to be the most successful Conference to date.

    “The ‘Yes You Can’ Enterprise Programme through the £20K Pitching Competition has truly created an extra dimension to the conference, and it is really encouraging to see our local talent at their best and I look forward to watching these determined women grow.”

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    Tickets for this event for members are priced at £55 +vat and for non-members are £65 +vat. Book your tickets online now at https://www.womeninbusinessni.com/

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