‘We have to be twice as loud’: women leaders speak out on barriers in convenience

By Alice Leader2026-04-16T15:32:00

At the National Convenience Show at the NEC in Birmingham this week, a group of women leaders discussed the obstacles they had faced as they navigated a challenging convenience sector

Women remain under-represented in leadership across the convenience sector, and the industry still has a “long way to go” to close the gap, industry leaders have said.

‘We have to be twice as loud’: women leaders speak out on barriers in convenience

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