This is the last week EVER that you can join Become a Mumpreneur, the essential course to help mums make money. If your family budget could do with more money coming in, read on. You’ll find out more about being a mumpreneur, and 5 practical ways mums on the course are already making money that could work for you, even if you’re short of time.
Being a Mumpreneur isn’t just about learning business basics.  It’s a lifestyle choice that gives you freedom, time to spend with your family and doing the …

Have you thought about becoming a VA but not really sure if it is right for you or that you have the right skills?
Well here is a taster day which will help you decide if this is the job for you. The Virtual Assistant Coaching and Training Company are having half day taster sessions in London and Leeds to help you make this decision. The taster session will cover;

Practicalities
Contingencies
Finances
Introduction to Marketing

If you book before the 26th November you will receive a bonus:
x 2 Digital Ebooks and Audio Set worth £47 …

Name of Business: bigbooklittlebookcardboardbox
Your Name and Age:  Frances Weir, aged 35
Tell us about your family:  I’m married with a son aged 3
You featured in a Family Friendly Working profile in September 2010. A year on, how is the business going? The business is going well, far better than I would have anticipated! My sales are increasing month on month and my income exceeds the salary I was earning in the part-time job I gave up to launch my business.
To what or whom do you attribute your success? While I allow …

Two in five parents believe that buggy wrist straps should be legal requirement in the UK
Inventor of pram safety strap ‘BuggyTug’, Di Mayze has been talking to parents to hear their views on buggy safety and whether a wrist strap should be made a legal requirement on all buggies and prams sold in the UK, as is the case in Australia. The resulting feedback from parents is loud and clear – they would definitely like to see more safety measures when it comes to the security of a child in …

Hi, I’m Helen Morgan, and I have just launched a new business, SpottyPencil.com, a website featuring a range of really cute personalised, printable invitations for children.
I’m happily married with three permanently hungry children age 13, 10 and 8 –  two gorgeous boys and an angel of a daughter in the middle.

Name of Business: Not Pink
Name and Ages of Directors: Jo Gatenby, 36 and Melanie Tucker, 38.
Family etc: Jo has a husband called Charles who is 36, and together they have a son Jacob, 6, daughter Maisie, 3, and 11 month old Edward. They live in Wells, Somerset. Melanie has a husband called Paul who is 40, and together they have Charlotte, 6, and Alfie, 2. They live in Newbury, Berkshire.

Name of Business: DiscoverMe Toys
Your Name and Age: Cathy Belford, 28.
Tell us about your family: I am married with 2 young boys and we are based in Cheshire.

Being a mumpreneur is tough. You’ve got all the usual business balls to juggle, but you have to fit them around toddler tantrums, sick children, broken sleep, piles of laundry and everything else a mums does. Mums in business are often motivated by needing family-friendly work rather than an entrepreneurial urge and our learning curve is a steep one.

Name of Business: Study in Style
Your Name and Age:  Gail Morgan, 48
Tell us about your family:  I have been married to Gareth for nearly 21 years and we have two children – Katy 16 at school and Tom 19 who is at university.

If you would like to be one of the people featured on this site, do get in touch with caroline@familyfriendlyworking.co.uk. We’re looking for mums, dads and grandparents who have been in business for over 3 years living the Family Friendly Working lifestyle.