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The business of role play

The business of role play

Hayley Milne has set up her own business selling dressing up costumes for children which reflect everyday professions. She spoke to Workingmums.co.uk about how she did it.…

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New initiatives to finance your business

New initiatives to finance your business

Starting and running a small business can be immensely satisfying and rewarding, but it can also be both difficult and expensive. Accountant Emily Coltman explains what incentives are currently available to small businesses - and what the Government has either promised it to do or has promised to consider in the future.…

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More support for women entrepreneurs

More support for women entrepreneurs

More needs to be done to support women who want to start businesses, according to a report by the All Party Parliamentary Small Business Group.…

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Taking multi-tasking to a new level

Taking multi-tasking to a new level

Tough financial times call for some difficult decisions. For many people that means taking on extra work to make ends meet.  One person who has taken on two extra jobs is Carolyn Calmonson who says that having a variety of part-time jobs has its benefits too.…

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The business of beauty or the beauty of business?

Neetu is the quintessential mumpreneur, but I am helping her to develop new skills to add to what she can offer.

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Related tags: Beauty, Business, Deepali, Empower, Model

Flexi childcare

Flexi childcare

Elizabeth Moody-Stuart has set up a flexible nursery and office space for freelances and the growing army of other workers who are working non-traditional hours.…

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Civvy street

Civvy street

Paula Elliott met her husband in the army and got engaged while they were training together as Arabic linguists and in their early 20s. However, it was not 12 years later after both had made the transition to civilian life and she had started her own business that they were able to start a family.…

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Empowering women

Empowering women

Deepali Nangia was a high-flying businesswoman, travelling the world, but she has given all of that up to start up her own organisation, supporting other women entrepreneurs and using her business skills to do so.…

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Related tags: Support, Women entrepreneurs