Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
Up until 6 months ago I really didn’t ‘get’ blogging. Everywhere I turned I was being told that I should have a blog for my business. But in my mind a blog was just a very public diary and I had no idea how that could translate to the business world. Then in April Irene [...]
Cake has been a fundamental part of Mum’s The Boss right from the start, so much so that’s it high time it had a blog post of it’s own! Both of us like baking and eating cake, and from our very first meeting we have always brought homemade cakes or biscuits to our meetings. Our cakes [...]
Halloween has become a massive event in the UK over the last few years, and the shops have been packed for weeks with all sorts of accessories, dressing up gear and decorations. This is all very well, but if you want to celebrate Halloween with your children, once you’ve dressed up, what can you actually [...]
At Amy Taylor Accountancy, you will find a friendly, personal service where children are welcome. Having been a chartered accountant and analyst for over 10 years, Amy Taylor recognised there was a need for local business people who are juggling a business and childcare to have somewhere they can meet their accountant and bring the [...]
I have been a big fan of Twitter for some months now, and there is no doubt that our business has benefitted enormously by the connections I have made online. As well as business connections though, there have been important personal connections, which in my view are just as important. People that I have connected [...]
Now my children are at school we have entered the realm of friends coming to play after school, and usually for tea as well. So what do you feed them? You want them to be happy, and to eat, and generally the obvious staple is fish fingers or chicken nuggets , chips and beans . [...]
Following on from our previous post about How to be an Accountant’s Perfect Customer, family-friendly accountant Amy Taylor explains to do’s and don’ts when claiming expenses for working from home. If you use part of your home for business, you can offset utility expenses and mortgage interest against your income - but beware of Capital Gains [...]
In our first year in business we have spent the princely sum of £30 + VAT on promotional activity, paying for an insert service which interestingly had a zero return on investment! However we have managed to appear in the local press 3 times, the national press once, and have been interviewed on our local [...]
Today I read a great quote which really struck a chord with me. It said ”Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still”. It struck a chord because, at the moment, as business owners we find ourselves at somewhat of a crossroads – keep on doing what we’re doing (i.e.stand still) [...]
I currently find myself in the enviable position of having both my children at school, and having gone through a period of ‘mourning’ at losing my babies, the day is my own to fill as I wish. When I was a stay at home mum most days had a vague routine of naps and feeds interspersed with activities - staying [...]
I am shocked and bewildered by an aggressive backlash to the recent Mumpreneur Conference in Birmingham, with delegates being accused of attending a ‘discriminatory’ event. One delegate has even been ‘dumped’ by a contact after discovering she had attended the conference. So what can have possibly caused the UK Mumpreneurs to be singled out and [...]
