According to recent estimates, there are more than 8.6 million women-owned businesses in the United States, generating $1.3 trillion in revenues. The Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBEC) aims to increase these numbers by providing women owned businesses the educational and networking opportunities necessary to thrive. Simon PR, a Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certified business, is supporting WBEC as a 2014 Silver Sponsor.

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Simon PR Advocates for Certification
as 2014 Women’s Business Enterprise Council “Silver Sponsor”
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – According to recent estimates, there are more than 8.6 million women-owned businesses in the United States, generating $1.3 trillion in revenues. The Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBEC) aims to increase these numbers by providing women owned businesses the educational and networking opportunities necessary to thrive. Simon PR, a Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) certified business, is supporting WBEC as a 2014 Silver Sponsor.
The Women’s Business Enterprise Council is the Pennsylvania, Delaware and South Jersey regional partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council, the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled and operated by women in the United States. The WBEC fosters growth of certified women business enterprises and creates opportunities between these businesses and purchasing entities, including major corporations and government agencies. Simon PR will help advance supplier diversity by sponsoring WBEC events and programs that link other women led businesses with business executives and corporate purchasing professionals. Agency President Lisa Simon will also continue to advocate for certification of other women business enterprises by serving as a WBENC Envoy, a role she has held since 2010. “The WBENC community is for reaching,” Simon said. “We were first certified more than 10 years ago and now, more than ever, we are committed to pursuing opportunities through the supplier diversity portal.”
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