Check Warner, cofounder of Ada Ventures.

Opinion

May 14, 2025

What Britain’s growth plan is missing: women

To ensure the British economy is truly firing on all cylinders, we can’t afford to overlook key cohorts of entrepreneurial talent

Check Warner

4 min read

Growth is the watch word of the day. As the UK works hard to build economic momentum and secure a foothold in the industries of tomorrow, investors like me are scouting out the companies and ideas that will play a vital role in bringing these ambitions to fruition. But to ensure the British economy is truly firing on all cylinders, we can’t afford to overlook key cohorts of entrepreneurial talent. And one which is all too routinely overlooked is women. 

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