Is the recession depriving us of time with our children?

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A national Charity is warning that a generation of children may be at risk, as 72% of Brits take on more work to make ends meet during the current recession. And here at Mum’s the Boss, we would like to know if this is affecting you and your family? The recession has forced almost three quarters [...]

Win a Scholarship to The Business Mums Summit

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The BusinessMums Summit, now in its second year, is an event for mums keen to launch their own enterprises, those already running new start-ups, directors of highly successful, global enterprises and everything in between.  And for Mum’s The Blog readers we have a FREE ticket to give away to one lucky person. Simply leave a [...]

Business Blog Prompt Carnival – January’s theme

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We’ve had some new ideas for Mum’s The Blog this year, one of them being a new kind of Blog Carnival for Business Mums. Josie at Sleep is for the Weak has been running an incredibly popular Writing Workshop, with weekly writing prompts, for well over a year while Helen, from Business Plus Baby, launched [...]

Balancing business and family at Christmas

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The run up to Christmas can feel like a two-pronged attack on mumpreneurs. As we all know, businesses and families both experience their busiest times in the build-up to the festive season. Businesses find themselves hiring extra staff, constantly topping up the stock, or cranking up their marketing efforts as they seek a share of [...]

Focus on….. Sarah Sadler – Organised Mum

If you’re finding it a problem  organising your busy household, struggling to keep on top of your kids busy social schedules, remembering birthdays, planning your meals and your groceries etc, as well as running your business, then look no further than Sarah Sadler, the founder of Organised Mum, who produces a brilliant range of stationery products to help mums organise themselves, their families [...]

5 Reasons To Use a Copywriter

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Today’s blog post is from our resident Copywriting expert Sam Thewlis, who starts off with the basics of why you might need to hire a professional copywriter to help your business. Why would I need a Copywriter? It is a simple enough question- most people can read and write so why would your business want to spend [...]

Mentoring Scheme for Women in Business

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Former Dragon’s Den investor Rachel Elnaugh has thrown her weight behind a groundbreaking new initiative that supports mums in business. Rachel, who shot to fame on the BBC show in 2005, is backing Mentoring Mum, a unique mentoring scheme for self-employed women. She is among a seven-strong team that will offer help and guidance about [...]