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Anita Roddick guest speaker at Durham University’s Enterprise Lecture
(24 April 2003)
The world-renowned founder of The Body Shop, Anita Roddick will be speaking at the Barclay's-sponsored Annual Enterprise Lecture of the Women Into the Network (WIN) initiative based at the University of Durham.
The Lecture is scheduled to take place at the Town Hall in Durham on Monday 28 April. Sponsored by Barclays Community Investment Programme, it has become a prestigious annual event attracting an audience of around 250 guests drawn from all sectors of commerce, industry and academia. Previous speakers have included Helen Alexander, Chief Executive of the Economist Group and PR guru Lynne Franks.
WIN is a networking initiative based at the University’s Business School and run by the Foundation for Small and Medium Enterprise Development. It runs a number of different activities to raise awareness, promote business development, share best practice and encourage and inspire women entrepreneurs in the region. Activities and projects include start up and business development guides, an online service, research into provision of business support for women and workshops and events.
Since its inception four years ago, WIN has helped facilitate the creation of over 400 jobs in women owned businesses. One woman who has benefited from WIN is Amanda Morpeth who runs her own franchise of Clarks Shoe Shop in Northumberland. She said: “WIN has given me confidence and direction. My self-development has come along in leaps and bounds and I’ve opened a second shop! I value the opportunity to step outside my shoe box and meet women from all walks of life. It’s nice to be able to mix with women who face the same pressures and choices.”
Notes to Editors:
- Anita Roddick opened The Body Shop in Brighton in 1976. She is now Non-executive Director with her husband Gordon Roddick and is the creative inspiration behind the Company's style and image. Anita was awarded an OBE in 1988.
- WIN currently has almost 1,000 registered members from a variety of backgrounds and sectors.
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