Think you don’t have space for a home office? Think again

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Tired of running your business from the sofa, or perched precariously on the end of your kitchen table trying to type and avoid spilling this morning’s breakfast at the same time? Then it sounds like it’s time to set up a dedicated home office space – and this doesn’t mean you need to magically produce [...]

Home-working Hints: Making the most of your Post Office

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For mums running a small online retail business, the Post Office is a daily part of life. But Post Offices up and down the country are closing due to diminishing incomes. In theory, the year-on-year increase in online retail should help individual Post Offices, but Royal Mail have concurrently developed a number of online prepaid [...]

Want to write a book? Why not consider self-publishing

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Do you think you have a book inside you just bursting to come out? Well if you have, there isn’t a better time than now to get it published… and it couldn’t be easier! Gone are the days when self-publishing was considered to be just for the vain. JK Rowling has proved this recently with [...]

How to create a workspace when you have no space

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This week’s guest blogger is Interior Designer and mum of two Sarah Barnes, owner of Ivy House Interiors. In this blog Sarah gives some handy hints on how to organise your workspace in the home. It has to be said that the benefits of working from home, especially with children’s hectic and somewhat unpredictable schedules, [...]

5 Things You Must NOT Do If You’re Having a Bad Day

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Let’s face it, we ALL have bad days. Sometimes it’s a Bad Parenting Day, when your children are testing you to the limits or you know you handled a situation badly. Or it might be as simple as a Bad Image Day, when you hate the way you look, none of your clothes fit and you can’t do [...]

Top Tips for Working from Home Healthily

Working from home presents an ideal solution for many women; being able to work between school hours, being at home if the children are poorly, fitting in some housework during the day, not paying rent for office space…..we know all the benefits. But how can we ensure that our home working is healthy? 1.  A decent office [...]