Club Hub Celebrates International Women’s Day at House of Lords

International Women’s Day celebration showcases local entrepreneur at House of Lords. Inspirational female founders from across the UK gathered at the Westminster celebration.

Tessa Robinson founder and director of Club Hub UK attended a special International Women’s Day reception at the House of Lords on Wednesday 8th March. Recognising her strong contribution to entrepreneurship.  

The event spotlighted multi-achieving female business owners from across the country, who are being championed by Small Business Britain’s ƒ:Entrepreneur campaign, which showcases an annual line-up of 100 phenomenal women making a significant contribution to society, economy and communities, called the ‘IAlso100’.

Tessa was named as one of ƒ:Entrepreneur’s ‘IAlso100’ this year in recognition of her inspiring entrepreneurial journey, which has involved running a business alongside a roster of other responsibilities. Club Hub is the largest kids activities directory in the UK. It provides kids activity providers with an essential platform to promote their businesses to parents and carers. Parents can access the directory for free to locate kids clubs and activities for newborns to 18 years, anywhere in the UK. She also runs Tessa’s Jazz Hands, musical theatre classes for children.

Tessa said on International Women’s Day,

“I had such an amazing afternoon at the House of Lords on Wednesday. Celebrating International Women’s Day 2023. Everyone was so lovely and it was great to network with so many #ialso100 2023 winners. Thank you so much @fentrepreneuruk for the opportunity. Wish I could do it all again x”

Tessa enjoyed afternoon tea and networking in Westminster, meeting other founders from across the country. As well as hearing from special guest speakers Seema Malhotra MP, Shadow Minister for Small Business and Consumers, and entrepreneur Lucy Griffiths, a business coach and former TV reporter covering the war in Ukraine, who paid tribute to the power of female entrepreneurship.  

Seema Malhotra MP said,

“As the Shadow Minister for Business and Consumers, I am passionate about seeing that we do all we can to make Britain the best place to start and grow a business. I was very proud to join Small Business Britain and 100 female entrepreneurs in parliament to celebrate International Women’s Day, to hear their stories, learn from their achievements and recognise the huge contribution of women-led businesses to our economy. They are an inspiration and tackling the barriers women entrepreneurs face is central to how we grow our economy.”

Delivered by Small Business Britain – the leading champion of small businesses in the UK –  f:Entrepreneur campaign was launched in 2017 to highlight the stories of amazing female business owners and help provide inspiration and role models across the wider small business community. Now in its year, the campaign reflects how female entrepreneurs continue to thrive in the UK despite the challenges of the past years, with many scaling or starting new ventures.

Michelle Ovens CBE, Founder of Small Business Britain and the ƒ:Entrepreneur campaign said:

“Female entrepreneurs are a hugely powerful force across the UK, with an inspiring ability to build fantastic businesses, often with a huge sense of mission and passion behind them. It was wonderful to celebrate Tessa and all of the phenomenal women involved in this year’s f-entrepreneur campaign at the House of Lords. With the rise in the number of women starting up, this group undoubtedly represents a huge part of the future of UK growth, so we need to do more to encourage and support them, particularly given the challenges we are seeing at the moment.”

To see the full line-up of the 100 amazing women featured in this year’s f:Entrepreneur #IAlso100 campaign visit https://f-entrepreneur.com/ialso-100-2023/

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Notes to Editors 

Interviews and images are available on request. 

For more information please contact Tessa Robinson, [email protected]

www.clubhubuk.co.uk 

About f:Entrepreneur 

Michelle Ovens CBE set up the f:Entrepreneur Campaign, which launched on International Women’s Day 2017, because of the growing sense that there should be more recognition for the amazing, multi-faceted contribution of women who run so many businesses in the UK. 

The goal of the campaign is to celebrate the dynamic and inspirational businesses led by women in the UK. It is aimed at both men and women, because everyone has something to learn from these stories of challenge and success.  

Through events, content and storytelling, f:Entrepreneur showcases role models to help and inspire all small businesses. 

@fentrepreneuruk 

About the #ialso100 

The f:Entrepreneur #ialso100 will celebrate and showcase amazing female entrepreneurs from all over the UK and is brought to you by the f:Entrepreneur campaign, run by Small Business Britain.  

About Small Business Britain 

Small Business Britain is the UK’s leading champion of small businesses. Supporting the UK’s 6 million small businesses, no matter their location, their sector, or their ambition level.  

Through a series of campaigns, networks, training and reports, Small Business Britain champions and informs small businesses in the UK. Committed to making entrepreneurship as inclusive as possible, it brings small business owners together to foster growth and increased confidence.  

https://smallbusinessbritain.uk 

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