Thatcher firmness pays off
The Prime Minister has disclosed a key ingredient in her recipe for success. She told some of Britain's top businesswomen yesterday: “If you want to make a bureaucrat tremble, show him a really determined woman” .
She praised the six finalists in the Options Women Mean Business Award in London. The winner was Miss Gillian Harwood, aged 45, who rents out workshops. She started eight years ago in Camden Town, north-west London.
Mrs Margaret Thatcher said it was one of the “great joys” during her time at No 10 to see women “taking a greater and greater part in business.
“Women have every bit as much talent as men, but don't all match it with the same self-confidence. And now we are getting that confidence, women are becoming much more prominent.”