International Women’s Day – 8th March 2025

International Women's Day is on 8th March 2025 - falling on a Saturday this year, we are already seeing clients arranging events in the weeks either side of the date.

We are very proud of the fact we have championed female talent for the whole of our 33 year history, so please do get in touch to discover the wealth of feminine talent we can offer. But for the purposes of this newsletter, we wanted to flag just a few of the people we have worked with recently.

Sophia Ufy Ukor - Sophia is the founder and CEO of Violet Simon, a media company dedicated to closing the narrative gap by amplifying women's voices through storytelling. They are known for their flagship platform, Disruptors which celebrates stories of women challenging the status quo to create a positive impact. 

Emma Barnett - Emma joined Radio 4's flagship Today programme last year, bringing a fresh millennial voice to the programme. Am Alumni of Woman's Hour, she has also worked in the US, appeaig on Bloomberg. Emma is also a proud patron of Smartworks, a charity which helps economically disadvantaged women secure jobs through interview training.

Ayo Sokale - is a renowned Chartered Civil engineer, a distinguished keynote speaker on STEM and sustainability. A very experienced broadcaster on the BBC, she is also founder of Tessellated Future Technology a tech start-up that has launched an AI powered Coaching App – Get Coached in 2024.

Sahar Hashemi - Sahar is an old friend of the firm, with whom we've worked for over 20 years. Best known as the co-founder of Coffee Republic, her latest venture, Buy Women Built (BWB), is a movement she started during the pandemic reshaping how we think about women-led businesses in the UK. It is a vibrant, rapidly growing community of over 2,000 women-led brands, collectively generating over £1 billion in annual sales.