Karen Gill and Maxine Benson are founders of everywoman.co.uk - a website dedicted to female business owners. Read their weekly blog here

As the season turns and the nights draw in it's hardly surprising to hear that many people dread going into work, but what's more depressing, according to a recent survey, is that nearly two million people fear going to work due to not getting on with their colleagues...

So poor old Bridget Jones is being blamed for the demise of the family, according to Tory MP David Willetts. Willetts believes that the increase in women graduates ('Bridget Joneses' as he refers to them) deprives men of the opportunity to act as the breadwinner and, in turn, a breakdown in British society...

The importance of networking is a hot topic here at everywoman in light of the imminent launch of our own women in business online network. The ever-growing number of online social networking sites haven proven to be a vital tool in business. Only last week we participated in the launch of a new Facebook page led by Teresa May MP at the House of Commons...

We often hear that entrepreneurs are born and not made, but Theo Paphitis' new degree in Enterprise Development, to be launched next year at Huddersfield University seems to be a fresh approach for young people wanting to start their own business...

Phew... we've survived the adidas women's 5k challenge, which we ran, or in some cases stumbled through, last Sunday. Olympic sprinters we most definitely are not, but this run is not about us, it's about our outstanding charity partner, Refuge...

Whilst all we seem to hear these days in the media is doom and gloom about the economy, it was interesting to hear this week, according to NatWest private banking, there is a new emerging demographic of business people...