A single mum from Edinburgh has set up the first part time and flexible working hub in Scotland to help working parents balance their work and family life.
Working for Parents will help parents in Scotland find work by sourcing and advertising jobs for mums, dads and carers. The online jobs board for flexible jobs will be the first in Scotland to showcase part-time job vacancies and a full range of flexible working opportunities.

Out Now: Start A Family Friendly Business
Flexible working ideas, the pros and cons of being your own boss, choosing the right business for you and realistic advice from the UK mumpreneurs.
Here’s what people are saying about it:

Out now: Start A Family Friendly Business
Flexible working ideas, the pros and cons of being your own boss, choosing the right business for you and realistic advice from the UK mumpreneurs.
Here’s what people are saying about it:

You’ll be pleased to know that the deadline has been extended and there is still time to enter the Startups Awards 2010. Make sure you submit your entry by 24th September.

NEW! LONDON MUMS’ OWN NETWORKING EVENTS FOR MUMPRENEURS – SAVE THE DATES AND BOOK NOW!
30 September 2010 – London Mumpreneurs’ DIY Public Relations networking workshop for start-ups: Mumpreneurs want to publicise their products or services but just can’t afford to pay a professional PR agency to do it for them. This workshop will teach you: What PR is, Press release writing tip, Practical advice to run a PR campaign, How to approach the media. Guest speakers to be announced.

Coming soon: Start A Family Friendly Business
Flexible working ideas, the pros and cons of being your own boss, choosing the right business for you and realistic advice from the UK mumpreneurs.
Here’s what people are saying about it:

Startups 100, selected by the startups.co.uk team, celebrate the 100 most exciting, promising, disruptive new businesses and entrepreneurs shaping the start-up market right now.

If you’ve tried to start your own business you will know that probably the most important preliminary work that you will do is to produce a business plan. This is the document which defines your business in such detail to let outside customers, suppliers and investors understand whether they want to be involved. It’s also the document which you, as the owner use to measure your success or failure on a particular project.

Did you see Family Friendly Working in this month’s Mother and Baby magazine? I was giving advice for mums who want to change career. If you didn’t see the article, here are my top tips:

Check out your local college and see which courses are on offer this September.
Look into childcare at an early stage: college nurseries get booked up fast.
Visit your local enterprise agency (if it hasn’t been cut!) for business start up ideas.

Name of Business:
Little Signers Club
Your Name and Age:
Shelley, 35
Tell us about your family:
Currently living in Oxfordshire with my partner, Iain, two small daughters aged 2.5 and 3.5 (yes, really!) and our much loved dog, Pepper.