A good number of the women in our community set up a business licence here for the first time after a divorce, a bereavement, or simply a decision to finally build something of their own. Many of them opened a business bank account alone — signed the paperwork, agreed to a fee schedule they didn't have a lawyer double-check, and hoped for the best. From mid-September 2026, they'll have considerably more protection than they had a year ago.

I get asked this constantly, in different forms, by women in completely different circumstances: widows figuring out an income after everything changed overnight, mothers building something flexible around school pick-up, women who left a marriage and need to stand on their own financially. The question underneath is always the same: where do I even start?

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