Being a working mum in London can be quite a challenge especially if you work in an office which is based far from your house. Even before becoming a mum, I set up my own business to enjoy some flexibility and I have never looked back. As it’s my 10th year anniversary of flexible working and homeworking, I am now spilling the beans on pro and cons for London Mums.
Mumpreneur with pre-school…
Caprice Bourret ventured to England from Southern California and quickly became one of the most photographed women in the world having appeared on 300 magazine covers across the globe and over 150 TV shows and films. She was voted GQ Magazine’s Woman of the Year, and Maxim’s International Woman of the Year for three years running. Caprice has it all and together with her partner Ty Comfort…
Angellica Bell is a familiar face on British television with lots of prime programmes under her belt: she is a regular reporter for ‘THE ONE SHOW’ (BBC1 7pm), the flagship daily topical show for the channel which regularly attracts viewing figures of 5 million. Her career started in 2000 at Children’s BBC and her progression from children’s TV presenter to adult factual and…
A fresh approach to flexible working – be sociable, make money and have fun
Did you know that direct selling parties have grown by over 150% since 2009? Nearly 900,000 Brits attended one of 127,000 parties last year.
Global household appliance manufacturer Vorwerk is expanding in the UK using a ‘party planning’ sales model, but with a fresh new take. Working with them means you can make new…
According to writer Caitlin Moran, best-selling author of How To Be A Woman, a mother can achieve much more than a childless person – thanks to superior time management skills.
Mum-of-two Caitlin writes: “Give a new mother a sleeping child for an hour and she can achieve 10 times more than a childless person.”
Caitlin is right – as we know, mumpreneurs are taking over the…
Simone was a successful Marketing Manager, well respected and high achieving – she had outperformed her counterparts on a number of occasions, and yet, she was constantly waiting to be found out, and lived in terror of the day when someone was going to walk into her office and ask what on earth she thought she was doing in such a high powered job.
And it’s not just those in senior positions…
I should have seen it coming. It was a glorious hot summer’s day and I’d promised the kids a picnic in the park. But the temptation to check my Inbox was far too strong.
As any homeworking parent knows too well, juggling work and the summer holidays is no mean feat. You have to somehow entertain the kids, keep them out of mischief and keep your work ticking along at the same…
Happy New Year London Mums!
Are you feeling the pinch after Christmas? Here is a great way to earn some money this long cold month.
Slicethepie.com pay mums like you to review music, yep, get paid to sit and review stuff! Slicethepie are just breaking in to the fashion market and will now pay you to review next season’s fashion items!
Your reviews will help to predict the next big hits and…
On Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th December 2014, London Mums teamed up with illycaffè to host two coffee tasting and training days for its new brand ambassadors.
We had a fantastic day, starting off in illy’s Regent Street café where we had a delicious Italian lunch, and then moving on to illy’s Islington University of Coffee where we learnt to tell our cappuccinos from our lattes!
At the…
Spanish Mumpreneurs? Spanish women entrepreneurs- using Spanish to better your business is not all there is to it….
So here I am for the past three years giving my dream a go.
My background in Psychology, Social Work, Youth Work, supporting children with disabilities, Massage Therapy and now lots of Language Teaching. Oh the magic of languages!
I grew up bilingual (Spanish- English) and love…