The Small Business Bureau launched a new venture, Women into Business (WiB), the Founder Patron of which was Lady Howe, at the Annual Party Conference on 7 Oct 1986. Its purpose was to teach women how to survive in the business world. Its first Chairwoman was Dr Leah Hertz, and its National Co-ordinator was Irene Jeffery. It published its own newsletter from about Spring 1988, which was usually circulated as an insert with the broadsheet Small Business (for which, see above).