New research from finance platform Tide reveals that the Construction industry has the second lowest percentage of self-employed women in the UK, with only 3.9% of the industry’s self-employed workers being female.
The research analysed government data to discover the industries that are seeing the most (& least) female entrepreneurs.
The lowest percentage is the electricity, gas and air conditioning supply industry, which according to the findings, is exclusively ruled by men, with no women self-employed within the industry, compared to 9,000 men. The health and social sector has the most self-employed females, with 74% of self-employed people in the industry being female.
Lize Haskell, Chief Administrative Officer at Tide commented on the findings: “Our research reveals that the number of self-employed women has increased by 148% since 1984, with over 1.6 million women in self-employment in the UK today. It’s great to see how women have made huge strides in entrepreneurship in recent years, with more female-fronted businesses than ever before.
“Starting your own business and taking that first step into entrepreneurship can be daunting, but there is lots of support and initiatives out there to help empower you. At Tide we’re committed to supporting women in the UK in starting and running their own business and we have set ourselves the target of helping 50,000 women in starting their business by the end of 2022.”
You can view the results of the study here: https://www.tide.co/female-entrepreneurship-index/
