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25 November 2009
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 baby” [...]
Posted in Mumpreneur Profiles, Products, Reviews2 Comments
23 November 2009
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 kiddie dessert,
I’ve [...]
Posted in Ideas for Mum4 Comments
21 November 2009
As part of the Building Enterprising Communities project, Exemplas in partnership with EEDA (East of England Development Agency) is running a workshop to support local people in overcoming their barriers to succeeding in self employment.
Exemplas is a non-profit distribution organisation with a deep fund of expertise in a range of disciplines that enhance performance and influence success. These include corporate development, [...]
Posted in Bedfordshire3 Comments
20 November 2009
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 4 [...]
Posted in Cake0 Comments
17 November 2009
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 my [...]
Posted in Ideas for Mum8 Comments
17 November 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Cake0 Comments
16 November 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Business Tips2 Comments
12 November 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Articles, Ideas for Mum4 Comments
12 November 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Cake3 Comments
11 November 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Business Tips0 Comments
10 November 2009
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 [...]
06 November 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Bedfordshire, Mumpreneur Profiles4 Comments
04 November 2009
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 [...]
02 November 2009
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 clients [...]
Posted in Articles, Ideas for Mum, Inspiration2 Comments
01 November 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Cake3 Comments
29 October 2009
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 [...]
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