Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
When it comes to budgeting, the one thing we don’t want to skimp on is food, but luckily for us we don’t have too! Of course, we could just eat at home more often, but that wouldn’t be as fun. For cash strapped families, especially those with cost conscious mums it’s time to make clever [...]
In this guest post professional ‘declutterer’ Cassie Tillett provides some tips on the seemingly impossible task of tidying your children! It’s been clear to me, throughout my experience of ‘stuff management’, that young folk are often very receptive to a structure for organisation. And before you fall about laughing, I don’t mean that they have [...]
Tired of running your business from the sofa, or perched precariously on the end of your kitchen table trying to type and avoid spilling this morning’s breakfast at the same time? Then it sounds like it’s time to set up a dedicated home office space – and this doesn’t mean you need to magically produce [...]
It’s no small task to convince your kids about eating healthy food. Fast food chains, frozen fried snacks, sweets, and fizzy drink advertisements dominate every type of commercial media. Whether your child is watching the television or surfing the web, they’re constantly exposed to enticing images of junk food. Needless to say the path to [...]
As any parent will tell you, they always seem to have items that their children have outgrown or no longer need that they would like to see go to a good home. Now parents can turn these items into a £5 M&S voucher. The new community based website www.mygyko.com which enables parents to sell, swap or [...]
Most children are skilled at using the computer and are keen to have a turn and there are a huge variety of websites designed specifically for them. It can be good way for them to spend some time over the long summer holidays and have some fun playing games, finding out information and getting ideas for [...]
The summer holidays are now in full swing and I really value this time to be at home, to allow the children to relax and indulge their imagination and also to catch up with friends and relatives who we are just too busy to see during term time. However it is also nice to make the most of the [...]
This week, as part of our re-launched Freebie Friday competitions, we’re delighted to give you the chance to win a £50 voucher for Argos. The Argos catalogue is one of the handiest resources for busy working mums out there – not only can you find everything you need in one place, you can keep the [...]
New research from Savlon and Play England reveals two thirds of parents always had adventures outdoors as a child but worry their children do not have the same opportunities today. This is a subject close to our hearts as we have written previously about how our children need freedom in play. Many of parent’s fondest childhood [...]
This Thursday teachers across the nation will be going on strike in protest about changes to their pensions, meaning that thousands of children will be out of school and their parents will face the challenge of keeping them occupied until schools reopen. Moneysupermarket.com have secured vouchers and discounts for the best theme parks, sea life [...]
Who doesn’t enjoy a good book? Be it a childhood classic or something more obscure, reading is one of life’s great pleasures. World Book Day, on 3rd March, is all about encouraging children to explore the pleasures of books and reading by providing them with the opportunity to have a book of their own but what [...]
Working from home is great and it’s thanks to this that many mums can juggle business and family commitments so successfully. There may come a point though (especially if things are going well) that you outgrow the spare room and it’s time to spread your wings to pastures new. Even if it’s not a permanent [...]
Being your own boss has its perks, but there may be some unexpected downsides. If you’ve set up your home office on the cheap – or if you don’t have a dedicated workspace – your working environment might actually be damaging for your back. More and more people are experiencing back trouble every year. This [...]
Here at MTB we don’t agree with re-inventing the wheel – so what we have done is put together a roundup of some of our past posts which may give you some ideas for a happy half term ……….. How to get work done If you run your own business one of the reasons may [...]
I LOVE Autumn – it has to be my favourite time of year. The trees start to change colour, frosty mornings, boots and jumpers are back ‘in’ and I can have a bath and get in my PJ’s at 7pm and it doesn’t seem too strange! Now you all know that here at MTB we [...]
This guest post comes to you from the pen of Tamsin Oxford, staff writer on PlayPennies.com , a UK website for pennywise parents. There is nothing quite as terrifying as the prospect of going shopping over the weekend in search of school supplies. The endless queues, the crowds of harried shoppers, the whining of hungry [...]
