Warwickshire law firm Alsters Kelley has renewed its sponsorship of LadiesFirst Professional Development for a second year.
LadiesFirst Professional Development is a network aimed at businesswomen across the region.
The business was launched in January 2014 by lifelong friends Lisa Kennedy and Julie Richardson to provide an all-inclusive platform for women’s professional development.
The organisation has attracted more than 800 businesswomen to events in 2014 – a figure it is looking to build on in 2015.
Erica Kemp, head of family law and member at Alsters Kelley, said: “I firmly believe that women need to be given the confidence to go out into the world and make a difference and that is my main motivation in continuing to support LadiesFirst.
“Here at Alsters Kelley 75 per cent of my colleagues across the three offices are women – and three of the owners of the business are also women.
“We do not operate positive discrimination in favour of women. That would be self-defeating and against my principles.
“However, it’s vital that women are empowered to be confident in what they do. After all we are all individuals and I believe that people’s personalities should be allowed to come out and flourish.
“Our decision to continue to sponsor Ladies First is to build on the relationships established and to reinforce our ethos around helping women to achieve their potential.”
Julie Richardson said: “We are delighted to have secured the sponsorship from Alsters Kelley for a second year. They share our vision to support women in business.
“Their continued support will help us to deliver another year of exciting events for our members attracting a high calibre of speaker.”
She added: “Our mission was to make LadiesFirst events all-inclusive and meaningful.
“Our members have made some excellent contacts during our first year which has resulted in a lot of business being done as well as providing a platform for continuous learning and self-development.”
