Nexus Studios, Hartswood Films and Filmsat59 are three UK businesses representing media and TV in JP Morgan’s Top 200 Women-Powered Businesses report. IBC365 speaks to this elite group of leaders and finds one key issue holding more women back.
There are 49,000 ‘high growth’ businesses in the UK of which more than 14,000 are ‘women-powered’ according to a recent report by investment bank JP Morgan.
‘Women-powered’ means either led or founded by women, majority owned by women, or with a management team comprised of at least 50% women. The bank charts a significant rise in the proportion of women-led businesses since it began its report...
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