Pink Link was founded in Preston 2009 by Coral Horn and now operates across the North West and runs the annual Enterprise Vision Awards. Tony McDonough reports

A Lancashire-based networking organisation for women in business is launching in Liverpool next month.

Based in Preston, Pink Link was founded in 2009 by Coral Horn. It runs the annual Enterprise Vision Awards, known as the EVAS, which celebrate female entrepreneurship in the North West, and is claimed to be the biggest awards of its kind outside London.

Last year Liverpool businesswoman Kate Stewart, owner of the Sandon Hotel close to Liverpool FC and founder of Damien John Kelly House in Wavertree, a centre for people with alcohol and drug addictions.

Liverpudlian Clare Ellis will head up Pink Link Liverpool which launches with an online event next month. Guest speaker will be Merseyside entrepreneur, Deirdre Bounds, who built a global global business which she sold to a FTSE 100 company. She is also a best-selling author and TV presenter/producer.

Coral Horn, founder of Pink Link, said “We already have ties to the area through our business awards – the Enterprise Vision Awards. Last year, Kate Stewart won Business Woman of the Year. There’s a wealth of fantastic businesses in Liverpool and we’re looking forward to building a strong female network here.”

Clare Ellis added: “Building a cohesive network of businesswomen where we know and trust each other is really important to me. The online community of Pink Link Ladies stood out as a really great opportunity to bring the women of Liverpool together to support and build each other’s businesses.”

The online launch event is free to participate in and will take place from 9am to 11am on Wednesday, September 23. Click here to book a place.