Currently, there are around 1.7 million self-employed women in the UK. Being your own boss can come with a real sense of freedom, but as a woman it can also comes with specific challenges.
Self-employed Women: You Work for Yourself, but You’re Not Alone
By Grovewood Wealth Management
Currently, there are around 1.7 million self-employed women in the UK. Being your own boss can come with a real sense of freedom, but as a woman it can also comes with specific challenges.
On top of managing clients and workload, women often have additional challenges, such as combating the gender income and pension gaps. The pay gap, for example, has the knock-on effect of causing a gender pensions gap in retirement. Alongside this, the difficulties around balancing work with childcare or family responsibilities, causes a great impact, both mentally, and financially.
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