Eve King talks to London Mums about how she has turned her passion for jewellery into a business.
Stella & Dot is a boutique-style jewellery and accessories line, designed in New York, and available exclusively through in-home ‘Trunk Shows’ by Independent Stylists, and online. This autumn, Stella & Dot is bringing its innovative, modern home-based “social selling”…
The Chartered Institute of Marketing is calling on businesses and marketers to be more socially minded and responsible in its latest paper on marketing to children, ‘Leave Those Kids Alone? – Responsible marketing to children’. Following industry and government debate – from the Bailey Review to the Alcohol Marketing Bill – the paper examines the current moral and regulatory…
Almost half of adult investors in the capital want to make money and make a difference.
New research unveiled today shows we are a nation eager to help support social issues, often making environmental and ethical choices when buying goods and services – particularly in London. But when it comes to making decisions about where to put our money, confusion is rife.
New research, amongst 2,105…
A new survey, commissioned by the TDA, estimates that at least 16,000 teachers who left the classroom in the past five years have tried to return, without success. Over one third are under the age of 40 and of those who are secondary teachers, one-third are qualified to teach core shortage subjects – maths, sciences and modern languages.
Teachers returning to the classroom have always made an…
Italian Speaker wanted: Our business is called Half-Pint Chic and we run weekly online sales of baby and children’s clothes at up 70% RRP.
We are looking for an Italian speaker to help us develop relationships with European childrenswear brands.
It is a freelance role working 8 hours a week from home.
The hours are flexible so you can fit work around childcare.
Someone with a background in…
Fears grow of double dip recession as economic growth remains low but positive in Greater London.
Unemployment in the UK hits a 17 year high today, putting pressure on the government to come up with a better economic strategy. Official figures showed today, unemployment increased by 114,000,surpassing the 2.5 million peak seen earlier this yearto 2.57 million. The number of young people out of…
Arab Spring and mumpreneur are among the new words which have entered the latest edition of a major dictionary. Around 70 fresh terms from the fields of politics, technology, fashion and contemporary culture are included in the 11th edition of the Collins English Dictionary which is published today (6th October 2011).
Descriptions of modern lifestyle are reflected in terms such as…
FREE children’s activity finder on the App Store, created by techie star mumpreneur.
Mumpreneur Victoria Hatch has spent over 10 years at the forefront of new media sales and analysis. Since leaving her corporate job, she has continued to developing innovative mobile phone applications. Her latest venture and London Mums’ favourite app is called Look Bunny Find. Look Bunny Find was…
A few weeks ago I received a phone call from Emily saying ‘I just remembered I am London Mum number 30’! It made my day. Mum of 2, Emily Goodall, is not only an active London Mum but also the founder and inventor of BundleBean, the only 5-in-1 waterproof baby blanket with an ingenious and unique design that means it fits snugly on to all buggies, bike seats, baby carriers, infant car…
I am proud of one of our favourite London Mums, Maggy W., mum of two, artist, blogger and amazing creator of artwork with kids and for kids. She has just won two awards for her Red Ted Art website: Best MAD Craft Blog and Best Pre-School Fun MAD Blog. I am very proud of her! The MAD Blog Awards is the UK’s largest independent awards programme for Mummy and Daddy bloggers. It is organised by Flea…