Being Positive and Staying Positive (Even when the going gets tough) by Pauline Rowson

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With a title like that I had some pretty high expectations when I picked this book up! In the fast paced and ever changing world in which we live and work it can sometimes feel that we are constantly meeting challenges and demands on our time – which can lead us to feel stressed, unwell [...]

Book Review: Start a Family Friendly Business by Helen Lindop & Antonia Chitty

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Co-author of this book Helen Lindop came to our first ever Mum’s The Boss meeting with her baby daughter knowing that she didn’t want to go back to work and looking for ideas. Two years later, Helen still regularly attends Mum’s The Boss meetings, has had another baby and has turned some of the content of her blog [...]

From Mum to Blogger to Author: Helen Lindop – Start A Family Friendly Business

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On 16th September 2008 we held out very first Mum’s The Boss meeting in a small community centre in Bedford. Our speaker had cancelled on us that very morning and we had no idea if anyone would turn up or how we would fill the 2 hours. Thankfully people did start to arrive and among them was Helen Lindop. [...]

Make It Your Business by Lucy Martin & Bella Mehta

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Make It Your Business - The Ultimate Business Start-Up Guide For Women covers all aspects of starting a business, from time management, branding and PR to management, leadership and developing your business. It also includes issues specific to women, such as finding the right childcare and why women and men often have different reasons for starting a [...]

Working 5 to 9 by Emma Jones

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No – you haven’t misread the title – it really is Working 5 to 9 – How to Start a Business in your spare time by Emma Jones, founder of the home business website Enterprise Nation and author of the very successful book Spare Room Start-up. From the Facts and Figures in Chapter 1 last [...]

Time Management for Manic Mums – by Allison Mitchell

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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 [...]

Spare Room Start-Up by Emma Jones

Spare Room Start Up: How to Start a Business from Home is written by Emma Jones, the founder of Enterprise Nation, the UK’s largest website for people starting and growing a business from home. Emma also runs the Home Business Awards, produces the annual Home Business Report and advises Government on the topic of home-working, [...]