Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
This recipe came from my friend after I tasted it at her house – so I have no idea of its true origins, but it is a great cake to make – quick, easy and very tasty. I have made this for Mum’s The Boss meetings and other occasions and it has always received many [...]
A few weeks ago I wrote about my Golden Twitter Moment, when I was honoured to receive a ’tweet’ from the magnificent Stephen Fry. When I read back over that post I still get goosebumps at the fact that, from amongst all those hundreds of thousands of followers, he happened to notice me! However, we @mumstheboss (aka [...]
In August this year Mum’s The Boss member Helen Lindop, owner of Business Plus Baby, gave birth to her second baby. Helen was at our very first networking meeting in September 2008 and we lived her second pregnancy with her, watching her bump grow monthly at each meeting! To celebrate the birth of our first “Mum’s the Boss [...]
Just in case you having one of ‘those’ days when nothing’s going right and you’re wondering why you bother – here’s a little something to let you know you are NOT alone and hopefully bring a little smile to your face! I’ve got snot on my skirt, and sick on my shirt, Everything’s covered in [...]
I’ve tried lots of flapjack recipes over the years but this one consistently gives the ideal mixture of crunch and chew! It’s always a hit at our meetings with the mums and children alike. And the final seal of approval? Even my fussy little eaters like it!! Flapjack is a great standby as you only need [...]
OK people, I need your ideas. I am going to be 40 in just under 3 months and I need suggestions as to how I can celebrate reaching the age ‘at which life begins’. I have never really celebrated any of my milsetone birthdays – my 21st involved getting drunk with friends at university and [...]
Last week 8 of us attended a Mums Who Bake Cupcake Decorating Course in Milton Keynes. Vicki Hoskins, the founder of Mums Who Bake, started running the courses as a way to demonstrate the amazing cake decorating equipment she sells in her online shop, but the courses have proved so popular in their own right [...]
People use Twitter for many different reasons – to chat, to celebrity-watch, to keep up to date with a particularly industry or market sector, or to promote a blog or a business. Whatever your reasons for using Twitter there are certain things you should be mindful of but these are particularly important if you are [...]
A week ago I posted a very flippant comment on Twitter to this effect: “Have developed a bit of a ‘thing’ about brightly coloured clothes since becoming a mum. I’m terrified I’ll disappear completely otherwise…” At the time I thought it was quite amusing but the more I thought about it, I felt like I had scratched [...]
I have been making Chocolate Fridge cake for as long as I can remember, and is probably the most popular and requested cake that I make. In fact I have been known to ‘pay’ for things in fridge cake, and in some households a whole tray has been known to be eaten in one evening! I am [...]
If you are looking for business help and advice, then the web has literally thousands of resources, so where do you start? Julie Stanford, MD of The Essential Business Guide, presents a weekly radio show, Business as Usual, on RadioReverb 97.2FM and www.radioreverb.com. Each week Julie is joined by different expert guests and the show [...]
If the title didn’t grab your attention then the bright pink & orange colour scheme on the cover certainly would! Every mum I know would love to be given an extra hour in the day – either for all the things they haven’t done – or just for themselves. This book just may have the [...]
Lesley Singleton has been working in consumer PR and the media for more than a decade. In that time, she’s worked for big London PR agencies (including PR Week’s Agency of the Year) as well as in-house for a major airline and a high street bank. She managed press office functions whilst also devising and [...]
Need to get organised and start planning for 2010? Then how about this pink filofax from online office supplies retailer Euroffice, where £2.20 will be donated to Breast Cancer Care. Euroffice has a range of pink office supplies where money is donated to breast cancer, including notebooks, diaries, pens and staplers, which would make the perfect [...]
When was the last time you gave yourself a pat on the back for a job well done? Most of us get so bogged down with what’s still to do on our To Do list that we don’t give ourselves credit for everything we have achieved. Many of us rely on feedback from a customers or [...]
I have lost count of the times I have made these brownies and they have always turned our perfectly. As long as I always make sure I have a few packets of chocolate chips in the cupboard I know I can rustle up some gooey goodies at short notice, and have often made them on [...]
