Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
With more than 300,000 mums running a business and contributing over £7 billion to the annual UK economy*, a group of small business organisations (of which we are one) are suggesting the best gift for Mum this year is to buy her a business or lend a helping hand by calling on the government to make childcare [...]
Emma Redding is a Personal Trainer, mum of 2, member of the guild of postnatal exercise teachers and founder and director of Buggyfit, a fun, sociable way to get back in shape after your new arrival. Buggyfit classes are an hour long, and usually involve a 3 – 5 mile route in total. Classes start with [...]
Are you looking for a way to work that fits around your family? Like to do what you love AND reach your personal/professional goals, dreams and ambitions? Have you ever thought about the myriad of skills you have gained throughout your life that have got you to where you are right now? Then once you’ve [...]
In a tribe, not everyone can be a chief. In a big corporation not everyone can be a manager. And in business it is not possible for every entrepreneur to become a millionaire. And not everyone with their own business wants to be the next Richard Branson or Anita Roddick. For many they just want [...]
Mum of two, Vanessa Blake, created the award winning dreamgenii pregnancy pillow when she was pregnant with her first child in 2005. “I was six months pregnant with my son and after weeks of tossing and turning I’d had enough. I tried every pregnancy pillow on the market and none of them actually worked – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
If you are looking for inspiration, and an example of how a business idea can just appear out of thin air, then look no further than Chrissi Sharkey, a 29 year old working textiles teacher & mum to 2 small children, from Oxford. Her business – aMillionJobsToDo… is a unique, national concept where you can suggest literally any task [...]
Victoria Dixon is a mum of 2 and set up her business of Enhance Me when looking for something to do that allowed her to be at home with her 2 young children. She uses digital imaging software to alter pictures of your children to create a unique and individual portrait, something special to treasure forever. What [...]
This is the first in a series of articles about the Art of Blogging by the Queen of Blogging herself Natalie Lue. Natalie earns a living from blogging at Bambino Goodies & Nest Goodies , Style Bambino , Baggage Reclaim and Self Employed Mum 1. Add Value Write content that supports your offering and by [...]
We are delighted to announce that Mum’s The Boss has been nominated for the Best Business Support Award at the forthcoming Mumpreneur Conference & Awards. This is a genuine thrill as it is the first time we have ever been nominated for an award! Not only that, we are also pleased to be sponsoring the [...]
In this post our our blog PR expert Lesley Singleton suggests you look at the story behind you & your business to see if there is something newsworthy to say. As competition for space in newspapers and magazines is fierce, I’ve spoken before about the importance of thinking laterally when it comes to trying to [...]
Guest blogger Leigh Williams is the founder of Marketing & Business Coaching company Truesilver. She offers one-to-one, telephone or online coaching and is a specialist at helping small business owners tap into Government funding schemes. In this post Leigh guides you through the process of accessing funds and putting them to good use. When I [...]
Just over a year ago I had a new baby, but it was very unlike my previous two children. It had been discussed for a short while and was very wanted, but there was some doubt as to whether this was the right time. I already had 2 children, but I had a new partner and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
