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23 July 2010
For this week’s Freebie Friday we have teamed up with Weetabix, who have just launched a new addition to their range – Weetabix Chocolate -and we have 10 packs to give away, along with branded bowls and jute shopping bags.
The launch of Chocolate Weetabix should provide some good news to homes across the UK – a new cereal with all [...]
Posted in Competitions31 Comments
22 July 2010
How about a little creative cookery to get the summer holidays off to a good start?
Team Whole Grain is running a fun competition which you can involve your children in and where the winner gets a trip for two to Lesley Waters’ Cooking School in Dorset. And all you need to do is design a [...]
Posted in Ideas for Kids0 Comments
21 July 2010
Are you looking forward to the summer holidays or dreading them? However you feel you can’t escape that they are now upon us. As we embark on the holidays I’m actually really looking forward to a break from the school run routine – but I know that a week or so in I may be [...]
Posted in Articles, Ideas for Mum3 Comments
21 July 2010
Alli Price is a woman who wear many hats, describing herself as a mumpreneur, life coach, event organiser, networker, time manager, cleaner, raiser of children and cook – pretty much your average mum!
Her business, Motivating Mum, offers business mentoring or coaching, networking lunches and brainstorm sessions, features and articles, questions answered by my very own legal, accounting [...]
Posted in Mumpreneur Profiles0 Comments
20 July 2010
In this post our blog PR expert Lesley Singleton talks about the importance of good quality photographs for your PR campaigns.
They say a picture speaks a thousand words, yet I’m often surprised at the high number of businesses placing photography so far down on their list of priorities when it comes to running a [...]
Posted in Articles2 Comments
19 July 2010
If you run an e-commerce website, it is a criminal offence not to include the following information:
A description of the different technical steps the customer must follow to conclude the contract.
Confirmation of whether or not any contract will be filed by you and, if so, whether it will be accessible by the customer.
A description of [...]
Posted in Business Tips2 Comments
16 July 2010
There’s no disputing how fabulous laundry smells and feels when it’s been dried outside. With weather like this, you can fast-track your washing and get the whole family’s laundry done in no time. So why not avoid cluttering your house with laundry and give it an ozone boost?
For this week’s Freebie Friday Mum’s The Boss has [...]
Posted in Competitions0 Comments
15 July 2010
Sarah Gee is the most recent member of MTB Bedford and is a modern day Jim’ll Fix It. If you have a project or event that needs managing, Sarah is your lady!
What is ‘Dear Mrs Fixit’?
Dear Mrs Fixit is a one stop shop for all the things you need organising in your life – we [...]
Posted in Bedfordshire, Mumpreneur Profiles1 Comment
14 July 2010
You’ll need to act quick if you want to take advantage of the EARLYBIRD ticket offer for this year’s Business Mums Conference, which closes tomorrow on the 15th July.
The conference takes place on Tuesday 5th October, in Brighton. After 15th ticket prices will be £57 but if you book by tomorrow you will get the following [...]
Posted in Business0 Comments
13 July 2010
As Mums, we are used to dealing with paperwork left, right and centre, for school, the home, the endless lists….But what do we need to hang on to for our businesses? This blog will help guide you through the maze of what’s required.
Keep your financial records for 6 years
Do you need to go out and [...]
Posted in Business Tips0 Comments
12 July 2010
There seems to be is an ever growing number of business awards. Amanda Farren, award winner and host of the Mumpreneur Business Awards spoke about this topic at our MTB Hertfordshire launch meeting and talked about 3 key questions: Why are they important? Why should I enter? How can they help my business?
They are free (mostly) [...]
Posted in Business Tips0 Comments
09 July 2010
For this week’s Freebie Friday we have teamed up with Little Dish who have recently launched a new range of fresh baby purees. Mum’s The Boss member Helen Lindop, owner of www.businessplusbaby.com, a website that helps mums of babies and toddlers start businesses, was sent some sample are here is her review:
“Little Dish’s fresh baby [...]
Posted in Competitions, Products2 Comments
07 July 2010
Mum’s The Boss Hertfordshire launched in June and is run and hosted by mum of 2 Louisa Baker who also runs online giftstore Dyna-Girl. Louisa is helped and supported at MTB meetings by Emma, owner of BagsToDie4.
What inspired you to start your own business
I gave up my office job after having my first daughter. Once you have had a baby,all [...]
Posted in Hertfordshire, Mumpreneur Profiles0 Comments
06 July 2010
I was inspired to write this post after some pretty heated debate concerning the merits of two online parenting forums, Netmums versus Mumsnet. One blogger started the ball rolling, looking at the class divide between the two along with her own negative experience, which generated much debate in the comments section. There then followed a conversation on Mumsnet [...]
Posted in Articles2 Comments
05 July 2010
Guest blog post from our Inspiration Guru Susan Odev - writer, trainer, performer & co-author of Mum Ultrapreneur
On June 8th 2010 I was the guest speaker at the Bedford Mum’s the Boss meeting. It was an early start. I was up at 5.00am to catch the high speed link from the next main town in to St.Pancras [...]
Posted in Inspiration1 Comment
02 July 2010
For today’s Freebie Friday we are delighted to have teamed up with Dream Town to offer you an amazing prize, in time for the long school holidays. One lucky little girl (or boy) who loves playing ‘house’ can win this charming Dream Town Rose Petal Cottage and matching accessories.
Part of Worlds Apart’s Dream Town collection, [...]
Posted in Competitions7 Comments
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