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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Ben Quinn

Entrepreneur ‘humiliated’ after London Tech Week turns her and baby away

A busy expo hall with people milling arouund
The London Tech Week expo at Kensington Olympia. Its organisers said the environment hadn’t been designed to meet the needs of under-16s. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

An entrepreneur has told how she was left feeling “humiliated” after being turned away from London Tech Week, an annual corporate event, because she was with her baby daughter.

Davina Schonle was prevented from entering the event on Monday after travelling for three hours with her eight-month-old and had to cancel meetings with potential suppliers to her tech startup.

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