Here, Elsa Caleb a Business Advisor at the Start Up Loans Company, shares her top tips when starting a business on maternity leave. Before setting up a business whilst on maternity leave check your maternity policy and contract with regards to statutory maternity terms and pay. While on maternity leave you will have time to...Read More

Operating a successful home-based business is a time-consuming endeavor. This is doubly true for work-at-home mums in that we are responsible not only for the success of our business, but for our family as well. We must be self-reliant, self-motivated, and discipline ourselves in order to attain success in both areas. When running a business...Read More

The days of nine to five working hours may soon be coming to an end. As workers move towards a healthier work/life balance with a greater focus on family time, more and more people are moving towards flexible working arrangements. You don’t have to be a parent or carer to request flexible working. Who can...Read More

Jessica Chivers is a coaching psychologist, author of Mothers Work! How to Get a Grip on Guilt and Make a Smooth Return to Work (Hay House, 2011) and founder of The Talent Keeper Specialists In a room of coaches and employers at a seminar we ran at the University of Hertfordshire on maternity comeback coaching...Read More

If you want to succeed in the world of business then you need to ensure your business is appealing and professional to clients. You may have spent time generating leads, perfecting your website and advertising but this hard work could all be lost if your clients do not take you seriously. If you are working...Read More

Getting employees to work efficiently is a continuous battle for most business managers. While you want to ensure your staff are happy in the workplace, there is also a need to maximize productivity. Of course, it literally pays to be efficient in the business environment, so it’s vital that you listen to your workers to...Read More

Are you worried you have become invisible after you had a baby? Have you started to work more flexibly and now find no one seems to know about your achievements anymore? Or worse, people seem to think you are now on the ‘mummy track’ and are no longer interested in achievements anyway, or promotion for...Read More