by Debbie O'Connor | Jan 31, 2013 | Home Working Hints
In the news this week was the prospect of the government increasing the ratio of children to carers in childcare settings. Currently for children aged one and under you are allowed three children per carer – this is set to rise to four; and for children aged two you...
by Debbie O'Connor | Jan 29, 2013 | Home Working Hints
by Rachel Efetha The state pension age (SPA) is the age at which you can start drawing your state pension – and it’s getting later and later. For a man it is currently 65 and for a woman it will be 65 from November 2018; in the meantime women’s SPA is gradually...
by Debbie O'Connor | Jan 11, 2013 | House and Home, Personal Development
As a busy working woman with kids to look after, it can be hard to find time for love and romance. It’s important to get a healthy balance between work, kids and love, as you need to make sure you are doing things that make you happy, as well as taking care of other...
by Debbie O'Connor | Jan 10, 2013 | Healthy Eating
by Rosie Slosek When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. When life gives you 2 1/2 kg of organic bananas for £2, make banana bread. Rosie’s home made banana bread Ingredients 1 1/2 lb / 600g bananas, preferably over ripe2 eggs8 oz / 200g self raising flour1/4...
by Debbie O'Connor | Jan 9, 2013 | Home Working Hints, House and Home
I find the voice of Moira Stuart (and the thought of her hiding in the cupboard under the stairs!) quite terrifying, so much so that I make very sure to file my tax return as soon as I have all the information ready! So I was quite taken aback to find in the post, on...
