Exciting and innovative direct selling business Mama to Me today opens its doors to parents across the UK by offering an opportunity for area managers to sell parent inspired products directly to the mums and dads who will use them.
The brainchild of Mums, Kerri Lister from Surrey and Amanda Waring from Nottingham, who both have products in the nursery industry, forged their business relationship initially via Twitter and have become firm friends in the process, after meeting up at the 2010 MumpreneurUK  conference.
‘We have both experienced the highs and lows …

Childcare is great if you work regular hours and have a regular income. But for a growing population of parents who work more flexibly -a third of mothers and a fifth of fathers with dependent children (Office of National Statistics)- it often doesn’t suit parent or child.
Brighton based mum and entrepreneur, Elizabeth Moody-Stuart, has finally developed a solution to this modern dilemma for the parent who works flexibly; a unique organisation that allows the parent to work whilst the child plays in the same building.
“I can book me and my …

Launched in early November 2011,Workpond is a new concept aimed at transforming the marketplace for flexible professional work. Its purpose is to provide stimulating work opportunities to experienced professionals wishing to work on a flexible basis and provide businesses with access to flexible professionals for interim cover, short projects or on an ad hoc basis.
Workpond’s founder Amanda Seabrook, took a career break when her first child was born in 2003, but when the children reached school age wanted to ‘dip her toe back in the water’, on short projects. Opportunities …

A recent article in The Lawyer states that flexible working is becoming an important factor which a lot of law firms need to address.
It states that law professionals are more inclined to leave their current position and move to another law firm which has a track record of providing flexible employment than actively asking their current employer.
It also states that is not only due to family comitments staff request flexible working, it is also due to other demands on their time.
It is a really interesting article that goes into great …

The news is full of stories about women leaving their jobs to look after their families, due to the high cost of childcare.  But, one company breaks the mould of traditional childcare to offer flexibility to women  – Third Door.
 
London-based Third Door has already scooped several awards and a year after launch the accolades keep coming.  The ground-breaking organisation, which is the UK’s first flexible workspace with on-site childcare, finished in the top 50 at the SMARTA 100 awards who recognised third Door as one of the UKs savviest, enterprising …

Workingmums.co.uk, the UK’s number one jobsite for professional working mums and flexible jobseekers, is holding its second annual Top Employer Awards which celebrate the leading companies for work life balance.

More and more mums are turning to blogging, and many are making money from it too. If you’d like to become a mum blogger, get products to review and receive payments for sponsored posts, read on:
Many mums start to blog about something they have a passion for, and for many that is parenthood. You might want to write about your daily life, or you might focus on a particular interest such as baking, making, photography . There are no limits as to the topics you can cover: it is up …

Recent research into attitudes to working mothers suggests it is time businesses started to embrace flexible working.

Recently, deputy prime minster Nick Clegg criticised Britain’s ‘Edwardian’ system of parental leave for working mothers and fathers. He said it was based on a ‘view of life in which mothers stay at home’. Sadly, it seems that too many employers share that view.

“A cynic is a man who when he smell flowers, looks for a coffin”.
Oh, the more I travel, the more I realise that the Brits can be cynical. And the longer I run a business which is committed to ‘life-friendly working plans’ the more I come into contact with grumpy cynics who refuse to believe it can work. But please, let me tell you, in no uncertain terms. A flexible working policy for a company can deliver enormous benefits. It does for us.

“Every mum who ever dreamt of setting up her own business needs this book! Enter your very own Fairy God Mother in the shape of Mumpreneur and PR guru, Antonia Chitty. Antonia expertly holds your hand and leads you through the adventure of creating your new business. From writing your business plan, managing your finances to making the most of the web and planning childcare, Antonia is there every step of the way. I especially liked the useful exercises and worksheets ~ instead …