Wolverhampton entrepreneur named finalist for national business award
Clare Roberts-Molloy has been shortlisted for Female Entrepreneur of the Year at The UK Small Business Awards 2026
A Wolverhampton entrepreneur has been shortlisted for a national award recognising her work supporting women in business.
Dr Clare Roberts-Molloy has been named a finalist in the Female Entrepreneur of the Year category at The UK Small Business Awards 2026.
Clare is a public speaking and mindset coach who works with female founders, business owners and professionals to build confidence, find their voices and communicate with greater authority.
Her work has seen her coach more than 150 people onto stages, while she creates and curates at least three speaking platforms and events each year.
Clare, who has more than 15 years' experience creating opportunities for women to be heard, also founded the Wolverhampton International Women’s Day Conference and the SHE Network, which provides networking and development opportunities for female entrepreneurs and professionals across Wolverhampton and the Black Country.
She is also the founder and curator of TEDxWolverhampton, through which she has coached more than 100 TEDx speakers, and founder and CEO of charity Periods Matter.
Clare said being named a finalist was "incredibly special" and that she was particularly proud to represent Wolverhampton and the Black Country.
She said: "My business has been built around a simple belief: women have valuable ideas, experiences and stories, and those voices deserve to be heard.
"This recognition is not only about my own journey. It reflects every woman who has chosen to speak despite her nerves, take up space before she felt completely ready and recognise the value of what she has to say."
Alongside her business work, Clare is an MBA-qualified business leader and serves as a magistrate.
She is also writing her first book, When Your Voice Shakes: A Practical Guide to Managing Nerves and Speaking with Confidence, which is due to be published this autumn.
The winners of The UK Small Business Awards will be announced at a ceremony at Birmingham’s Eastside Rooms on December 19.