5 Influential and Inspirational Business Women in the UK

There are many business women both in the UK and the USA that are influential and inspiring, they inspire us to achieve, to keep pushing the envelope and to strive for success, but here are 10 business women/female entrepreneurs who we perhaps know more about, they are in no particular order:

Jacqueline Gold is the Chief Executive of Ann Summer an internationally recognised and well known brand. She is inspirational because she took on and created a business that challenged and pushed the boundaries a bit. She is feminine yet powerful and knows what she wants. Jacqueline Gold has also provided many women and men with a ready made business opportunities in the form of Ann Summers parties, which definitely makes her an inspiration to all women and men alike.

Deborah Meaden who is known from the TV program Dragons Den is a successful investor, she has run franchises and has been the Managing Director Weststar Holidays. Deborah Meaden is an inspiration to all women as she shows that with perseverance you can achieve anything. Nothing is impossible.

Hilary Devey is both the founder and Managing Director of the hugely successful Pallex business, she is an inspiration to all women out there because she took on an industry that at the time was very male dominated. Hilary is an extraordinary woman who has built up a successful and ever expanding and developing business.

Rachel Elnaugh is an inspiration to everyone out there. She set up and created Red Letter days, which although it came into come trouble a few years ago, she fought back to get back on top where she belongs. She is a motivational and inspirational speaker, who is also the Author of a new book called Business Nightmares. Rachel definitely proves and shows women business owners and female entrepreneurs out there that nothing is impossible, and that you can always get up, dust yourself off and try again. As she has proved failure is not the end it is just another hurdle to achieve even more success.

Kavita Oberoi is a successful female entrepreneur who has appeared on the programme Secret Millionaire, Kavita is from the Midlands and started a very successful IT and business healthcare consultancy in 2001. She is an inspiration to all women out there that anything is possible with a little perseverance and hard work.

There are many successful, inspiration and influential business women and entrepreneurs out there, these are just a few, If you would one day like to be one of these women, what is stopping you? The only thing holding you back is yourself, so don't let you hold yourself back, go for your dreams and aspirations and fulfil each and every one of your ambitions.

Good luck, I hope this article has been helpful, useful and inspirational for you to get started within the wonderful world of business.