Women’s Enterprise Scotland (WES) has warned that women-led businesses continue to lose out on public sector contracts.
The warning comes as WES prepares to launch its bi-annual survey of Scotland’s women-owned and women-led businesses. It also comes prior to this week’s Business in the Parliament, when WES will lead the session on procurement.
The annual report from the Cross Party Group on Women in Enterprise covers the topics that were reviewed during its 2022 schedule of meetings. A key theme raised by a range of women business owners was the procurement process and the barriers to making a successful tender that are faced by SMEs and micro businesses, many of which are led by women.
