Penarth business woman, Julie Plumb, has been announced as one of 40 women to watch for at Inaugural Digital Women Awards.

The DigitalWomen Awards in association with Natwest Business and the Federation of Small Businesses celebrate women working in digital and digital business from their amazing community and beyond who are doing the most incredible work in the digital space they operate in, those who are making the right moves and going beyond and above what is usually expected.

The awards are open to any woman working in digital and entrepreneurship and entrants go through a rigorous judging process by their esteemed panel.

Lucy Hall Director of Avviso Media Ltd and Founder of DigitalWomen said:

"We are very excited to bring the DigitalWomen awards to the female digital and business community and beyond, these awards are the perfect opportunity to showcase and raise profiles of women doing great work."

Julie Plumb, Founder of Plumb Digital said: "I feel incredibly humbled to have made this list – just look at the other 39 fabulous women!

"After many years in Corporates and Higher Education, I only started my agency, Plumb Digital, 18 months ago and in December received Women in STEM award and now this.

"I am blown away by the support for my business and the lovely clients I have met along the way"

Julie built one of the first 23,500 websites in the world, and to put in context there are now almost 2 million.

She has trailblazed the way for other women in IT for 35 years in what has long been a male dominated profession.

Although starting in very technical roles, Julie has held many senior management roles in financial services, manufacturing, hospitality and higher education.

Mentoring and encouraging women into the digital world has always been a passion for Julie.

Despite being a North Notts lass, she now runs her own digital agency, Plumb Digital, in South Wales.

Plumb Digital is a South Wales company that works with clients across Europe.

They work with both small businesses and larger corporates. They are a full-service digital agency and specialise in Facebook Ads, social media and websites.

They can provide training, coaching and full management of your digital business.

The Mission of DigitalWomen is to Empower and showcase 1 million women through digital skills.

They aim to help women to stay relevant in an ever changing digital world through digital education.

Digital women is a digital skill sharing community where women can learn to boost digital skills and be inspired by inspirational women in digital business.

The awards celebration take place on the 9th March in London, in line with the International Women's Day celebrations (8th March).