Black British women continue to combine their passions with creating new business opportunities, helping them to thrive amid the cost of living crisis thanks to the extra income coming in.
Research commissioned by eBay UK has discovered that the group most likely to start side businesses are Black British womenDid you know that businesses run by entrepreneurs from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds contribute as much asThis figure, amounting to the economic equivalent produced by Greater Manchester, was published in the 2018 report, which discovered how much Black-owned and led businesses contribute to the economy.
“Entrepreneurship is something that I feel is embedded in our DNA as Black women. I have memories as a child of watching my mum and aunties running their little beauty businesses , buying and selling to family and friends while holding down a full-time job. “As a Black woman, I’ve grown up seeing and reading about entrepreneurs including Annie Malone, Madam CJ Walker, Rihanna and Oprah. And throughout history, regardless of the circumstances, we’ve always been entrepreneurs and it’s something that I feel has always been within us as Black women.