Last week I shared with you the first five tips to successful flexible working, here are my last 5.
6.  Suggest a trial period. If your organisation or boss isn’t feeling the vibe of flexible working, it’s up to you to demonstrate that you can make it work, rather than them saying it can’t. Suggest you implement the new pattern on a temporary basis if your boss isn’t completely agreeable from the off. Take this as your opportunity to demonstrate how you can make the flexible pattern work for all.
7. Flexible …

Jane Hopkins MBE, visited Buckingham Palace on Wednesday 14th March 2012 to collect her MBE for her commitment and dedication to provide support and advice for mums looking to start a business around their family.
Jane Hopkins, 37 from North Warwickshire created mumsclub in 2007 when her son was just 18 months old. She receives her MBE for Services to entrepreneurship in recognition of the continued support her organisation supplies, free of charge to any start up business with a working mum at the helm.
Jane’s reason for developing the website was …

No commute. Just count up all those wasted hours travelling to and from work. BTDT … not planning to do it again!
I do the stuff I love. Writing books, working with interesting business women – it’s all great.
We help people. Admittedly, whatever job I’ve done from being an optometrist to writing health features to promoting eye care, the emphasis has been on making life better, but it is great to do that in ways that best use my skills and abilities. I get a buzz from earning my own money. …

In the five years since having my eldest child, short of working full time for just over a year, and only then because I started a new job, I’ve been fortunate enough to have worked on a flexible basis for most of this time.
I returned to work on a part time basis after maternity leave with my second child and more recently successfully negotiated a flexible working pattern when my daughter started school – which is a good thing really as school pick up time just after 3pm does not …

Working women have a lot to manage these days, which in most cases is a good thing. Fortunately, in today’s world, women are more prominent than ever before in the workplace, and business opportunities for women are greater and more numerous than ever before. This is allowing many women the ability to explore new and exciting options for themselves. However, it can also complicate personal and family lives quite a bit. Obviously, being involved in business means that you have less time to devote to your family, your home, and …

Try to arrange a meeting where everyone is in the same place at the same time can be quite hard, but with the wonders of modern technology, you don’t all have to be physically in the same room to have your meeting.
Have you thought of using a web conference to connect with your business contacts or employees? With remote working on the rise and more and more people wanting have flexible working, keeping in contact in different places has become even more important.
Having people work remotely is a great way to get …

I’m really excited to be on the Duplo Mum Blogger review panel for this year. The first thing we have been sent is the Duplo Creative Sorter. Everyone has been having fun with this – from D, 10, through J, 6, to K, 3, as well as the boys next door who are usually far to old and cool to do Duplo!
What’s the fascination? I think it is the way in which each of the different ‘sorter’ filters allows you to gather the right bricks to make a different animal. Then, …

If you would love to have a flexible business yet are unsure where to start, take this chance to find out all about how The Mumpreneur Guide can help YOU create the work/life balance you need and contribute to the family income.

Have you always wanted to hear Antonia speak at a conference? Well here is your chance to Antonia speak about how to ‘Be Outstanding’.
Antonia is one of the headline speakers the the Ladies at 11 Conference which is being held at Salomons, Tunbridge Wells on Wenesday 25th March 2012 from 8.15 till 17.00.
Other speakers include Katy Day talking about her top ten tips for women in business, Amy Taylor on accounts and tax, Sue Brown speaks about getting focuses, Laura  Hart about the working voice and Katie King on social media.
There …

The 4th annual Mumsclub Business Mums Awards is being held on Thursday 8th March, International Women’s Day and the nominations this year topped 300! To be nominated for such a great awards ceremony is an amazing achievement and means that someone has taken the time to enter that business as they think what they are providing is worthy of an award! So congratulations to all of the nominated business mums!
So who was shortlisted? Here is a round up of all the shortlists for over the 6 categories:

Abby Wright-Parkes – Optimist …