ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses upon the often neglected issue of the contribution of South Asian women to both entrepreneurship and the management of family businesses in Britain with a particular focus on Pakistani immigrants. It also focuses on a case study that goes through the social and entrepreneurial aspects of Nadia who is a female immigrant entrepreneur, is 35 years old, married with three children, and has been in the UK for 34 years, meaning that she was less than a year old when she and her family migrated to the UK. This chapter has investigated the rise of the South Asian female entrepreneur in the UK. Research statistics support the case that the numbers of South Asian female entrepreneurs are likely to increase due to two reasons. Firstly, participation in self-employment is significantly higher for South Asian communities due to 'blocked upward mobility'. Secondly, in most South Asian entrepreneurships, the family generally helps out in the running of the business.
