Company Name:
The Utility Warehouse, operated by Telecom plus PLC.

Bumps and toddlers welcome. Tea and Coffee. Presentation and a chance for Mums to hear how other Mums are working this into their lives.

Company Name:
Wikaniko pronounced we-can-iko – eco being eco friendly but also economical!
Description of the business that someone could buy into:
At Wikaniko we take small steps to save the Earth without costing the earth.  Over 800 products to help take those greener steps.

FM Group UK trading as ParfumbyNumbers

FM GROUP is a very fast growing company in the perfume market. It has been created by young people, which is why they are able to respond to needs and wishes of our customers and distributors quickly.

Katie Mayne founded TinyTalk in 2002.  Through her experience and understanding as a teacher of the Deaf, Katie could see how sign language could really benefit hearing babies.  She had researched how many hearing babies, born to parents where one was deaf and one hearing (and effectively being brought up bilingually, through sign and speech) were, time after time, showing very early understanding of their parents’ messages.  They were also communicating before they could talk, through baby signing.  She could see that there was benefit here for all hearing babies.
Katie …

I can’t believe I haven’t come across Business Opportunity Watch before, as it seems to me like a site everyone who is looking for a business opportunity should check out.
Editor Marian Owen casts a critical eye over all the main franchises and direct selling opportunities. While obviously this is no replacement for doing your own research, Marian has been checking out the scams for 13 years and seems to be a bit of an expert. Check out her Good Reviews and Bad Reviews pages to see the sort of info …

If you want a business that someone else has tried and tested, you may be thinking of taking up a franchise. You’ll need several thousand pounds to invest, but benefit from head office support and a business concept that it working for others already. Now, www.WorkingMums.co.uk has a new channel for franchises. The new channel, FranchiseZone, advertises a wide range of franchise opportunities for enterprising parents who are looking to take more control over how they balance their work and family life. Franchise opportunities currently on the site include:

Kumon,
Jo Jingles,
Oven …

Music Bugs have announced that their franchise business is still booming, depsite the recession.
“While many businesses are taking a knock, the current economic climate seems to be helping our business to thrive,” says Claire Bennett, the mum of four who founded the company in 2004. “January 2009 was our busiest month ever for franchisee requests, with more prospectuses being sent out than at any time since our launch.”
Claire believes there are several reasons for the increase in business. “With the growing number of redundancies and with jobs hanging in the …