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More than one in two women across the UK find it challenging to\\xa0start their own business.

Why? New research says it\'s down to limited access to finance. That\'s the most significant\\xa0barrier as well as a lack of mentors, operational knowledge and self-confidence.\\xa0

Tinuke Awe is a social entrepreneur. She is the founder of\\xa0Mums and Tea, a social platform for Black mothers which has a 13,000 strong community. And she\'s the co-founder of\\xa0FIVEXMORE which campaigns for improvements in Black maternal health in the UK.\\xa0

Heather Cobb is the SVP of Member Engagement at\\xa0Tide, the businesss banking platform which has committed to helping 200,000 women launch businesses across the UK by 2027 and conducted the research.\\xa0

Mums and Tea are one of the businesses they\\u2019re supporting.\\xa0

Tinuke and Heather join me on Show Me The Way this week to talk about the solutions out there to overcome the challenges women are facing setting up news businesses and Tinuke shares her experience and wisdom on how she\'s managed it.\\xa0

For Emmeline\'s bookshelf:

Heather recommends The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery:
A beautiful story that is relevant for children and adults, reminding the grown-ups to reconnect with a childlike sense of wonder, creativity and imagination.

Tinuke recommends Speak Up by Nathan Bryon (Author), Dapo Adeola (Illustrator) which is about a little girl\'s passion for her local library and how she stops it from closing.

To find out more about the Tide Women in Business 200k campaign go to https://www.tide.co/supporting-women-in-business/

And for Mums and Tea https://www.mumsandtea.com/

And FIVEXMORE https://www.fivexmore.com/