The new edition of the Collins English Dictionary has been released and leading the new additions is the word Mumpreneur.
The definition of Mumpreneur is ” a woman who combines running a business with looking after her children.”
Leading Mumpreneur Antonia Chitty, author of The Mumpreneur Guide book, says, “It is great that the Collins English Dictionary is catching up with what’s a reality for thousands on women”
To read more on this story and see some of the other words that have been added to the dictionary pop over to the Independent.

Independent speech and language therapist Libby Hill has been nominated for an award in the National Shine a Light Awards for her work with Small Talk Speech & Language therapy and setting up the Smart Talkers Pre-School communication Groups. The Hello campaign; national year of communication launched the awards for services which help to develop  children and young people’s communication,  they are sponsored by Pearson Assessment. Small Talk cover Staffordshire but originate in Uttoxeter. Director Libby Hill 48, who lives in St. Catherine’s Close set up the business in 2007 as she …

Your Name and Age: Alice Treanor, 34
Tell us about your family: Married with son aged 3 and daughter aged 9 months
What did you do before coming up with your business idea and how was it making the transition? I worked in Sales and Account Management roles in ground transport so this was something completely different! Making the transition was incredibly liberating and exciting as I knew I’d found the right career and was going to change my life for the better.

Name of Business – Bumpband Ltd
My Name is Jenny Park I live in Cheshire with my Husband Graeme and our 6 year old twin boys Ben & Oliver.

I am Emma Midwood, 30 years old and owner & creator of Piglets Boutique, a beautifully stylish place to shop for Baby Gifts with added “Oooo” and I am also first time mummy. to our beautiful little girl Neve, my inspiration. I live just outside York with Neve and my husband Paul.

‘Taking Online Payments’ teleclass – 8pm Tuesday 5th April
A few years ago, pretty much all my clients paid by cheque on receipt of an invoice. A few sales went through paypal, one or two people had set up a standing order, but most of the time I had to send out a manual request for money and wait to get paid.
Fast forward to 2011, and a conversation with my bookkeeper, who said, “I was going through your books, Antonia, and wished I had so many …

A Scottish based Mumpreneur raised more than £560 for Comic relief this weekend thanks to her clever and generous social media antics. Safe Dreams, the company behind the latest and safest baby bedtime essential, the Cot Wrap, offered to make a donation every time a new Facebook user ‘liked’ their Facebook page. The company gained an incredible 850 Facebook fans throughout the night.
Founder and inventor of the Cot Wrap, the breathable alternative to the standard cot bumper, Louise Guinda, said “To begin with, we pledged 50p for each new Facebook …

Mama Jeanius – The Maternity Jeans Specialist
Katie Powell, 33, married to Anthony with one daughter who is 19 months
Before becoming a Mum to Molly and MD of Mama Jeanius, I spent over a decade ‘in the city’. At 23 I became the youngest ever Director at Cable & Wireless. In 2004 I joined Thomson Financial as Head of Strategy, Europe before becoming Head of Marketing, Europe and Asia in 2005. In 2007/8 – 2010 I played a key role in the merger of Thomson and Reuters as Global Head of …

Name of Business:  Small Furry Hotel
Your Name and Age: Madeleine Fear 33

Libby Hill from Small Talk Speech & Language therapy is delighted to have won an award for ‘outstanding’ in the innovation category from the Lichfield area Community and Learning Partnership.  As part of their review of what they have achieved, they decide to celebrate with an award ceremony. The C & LPs are to be disbanded but as Angela Newbold, area co-ordinator asserted, ‘It isn’t a time to be miserable, it’s a time to look at what we did achieve …… and we had an absolute ball’.