Professional woman should make the most of networking opportunities, it has been advised.
With news from Barclays suggesting that female-only business start-ups are on the increase, it is increasingly important for women to network.
Karen Gill, director of support service provider everywoman, said that such opportunities were "invaluable".
"Women in particular tend to respond well to networking, and the benefits of sharing advice, ideas and thoughts with peers can be invaluable," Ms Gill said.
"Never before has there been so much resource available for women wanting to start up their own business."
The Barclays figures, released on March 25th, showed that there were over 90,000 female only start-ups in 2008 compared to 83,000 in 2007.
Male-only start-ups were also up, although by a much smaller margin of only one per cent, putting them at 200,000 in 2008.
The top area for start-up activity was health, education and social work, which saw an increase of over 13 per cent.
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