Women are increasingly improving their business skills to try and break through the glass ceiling, according to business skills and IT training firm Indicia Training.

The firm reported a 54% increase in the number of women turning to business skills training since this time last year.

Indicia Training’s general manager and HR director, Howard Teale, says: “More than 80% of job losses in America and Europe have fallen on men, with some bloggers nicknaming this the ‘he-recession’.

“Women are demonstrating a stronger commitment to training for both personal and professional security. With a higher number of women in the workplace than previous recessions, more women are on their own or have become the breadwinners of the family and the burden to bring income into the home lies with them.”