September 2008: Sophie Howe, Director of Comtec Translations, has become one of the first women to join a pioneering enterprise initiative designed to connect women to multinational corporate contracts.

With a client base from both the corporate and public sectors, Comtec provides quality translation, localisation and interpreting services. With plans for rapid growth, WEConnect offers Comtec valuable access to multinational organisations and the opportunity to promote their services to clients operating across multiple markets.

Other women-business owners are being urged to realise their growth aspirations by joining WEConnect, the new supplier diversity initiative, which will link them up with corporate and public sector contracts.

Launched at the House of Commons earlier this year, WEConnect has hit the ground running and already boasts leading multinational coporations as members, including; Microsoft, Bank of America and Accenture. It has also received high profile backing from the Government and was named as a critical part of the Governments new Enterprise Strategy *.

Sue Lawton, WEConnect Director of Development says “Sophie Howe is one of many women who want to take their business to the next level. WEConnect exists to enable women to increase productivity and profitability by identifying contract opportunities. More and more companies recognise the commercial sense of having diversity in their supply chain and we are urging women business owners to capitalise on this”.

* Enterprise: Unlocking the UK's talent was launched on March 12 2008 by the department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)

WEConnect’s founding members include: including Pfizer, Microsoft, Bank of America, Accenture, Hewlett Packard and New Technology Steel.

Women business owners wanting to find out more should visit: www.weconnect.org.uk

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