Time Management for Manic Mums – by Allison Mitchell

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If the title didn’t grab your attention then the bright pink & orange colour scheme on the cover certainly would!  Every mum I know would love to be given an extra hour in the day – either for all the things they haven’t done – or just for themselves. This book just may have the [...]

The Mumpreneur Guide by Antonia Chitty

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September 1st saw the launch of Antonia Chitty’s long awaited book, The Mumpreneur Guide, which was perfect timing for mums considering their working options now the school holidays are over and want to start a business that fits in with their family. Mother and business advisor Antonia has put together this ultimate guide for parents which is full of [...]

How to be an Amazing Mum When You Just Don’t Have the Time by Tanith Carey

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We recently posted a blog post, “From Mummy to Yummy in half the time!”, in which Tanith Carey, the author of “How to be an Amazing Mum…” shared some quick tips on how to look your best when the clock is ticking.  Having read the whole of Tanith’s fabulous book of time-saving tips from cover [...]

Commercial Writing by Antonia Chitty

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Numerous people I have met harbour the desire to write a book at some point in their life and I am no different. However a whole book can seem a daunting prospect, leaving many people shelving their writing dreams altogether. Recently I have decided that in order to pursue my writing seriously I need to [...]

How 21 Good Ideas became Global Brands

Our next book for review is another one generously donated by Crimson Publishing. How They Started – Global Brands  was published last year and looks at some of the biggest global brands in the world today. One of the most striking things I noticed was that almost without exception all the brands featured were ones [...]

Spare Room Start-Up by Emma Jones

Spare Room Start Up: How to Start a Business from Home is written by Emma Jones, the founder of Enterprise Nation, the UK’s largest website for people starting and growing a business from home. Emma also runs the Home Business Awards, produces the annual Home Business Report and advises Government on the topic of home-working, [...]

The Simple Approach – Everywoman Business Books

Continuing our series of book reviews, we now turn to the Everywoman collection of Simple Approach pocket book business guides. The Everywoman website offers ‘advice, tools and networking for business success’ including  practical tips, fact sheets and useful online tools to help you grow your business. Their handy set of 8 pocket books covers a whole range of [...]

Inspiring Women – How Real Women Succeed in Business

At Mum’s The Boss we are building up a library of business books to share with our members. We have been overwhelmed by the generosity of authors and publishers who have donated books to our collection and so, for those of you who aren’t able to join our meetings and borrow the books in person, we [...]

The Essential Business Guide

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Mum’s The Boss has been developing a new concept (within networking) of a business book library. Business books are helpful, but expensive. And as your business progresses through various stages, so you will want to look at a changing  aspects, such as marketing, employing other people, expanding the business etc. So to help our members we are building our own [...]