The Government is looking at the right of parents to request flexible working to help balance their work and family commitments. And it would like your opinion. The Department for Business Innovations & Skills is right now exploring proposals for the design of a more flexible system of parental leave, including how best to extend [...]
Flexible Working
This post was prompted by the Writing Workshop on the Sleep Is For The Weak blog. One day parents will really be able to balance working with spending time with their children. One day there will be a part time job for anyone who wants one. Jobs which make full use of mums’ (lets face [...]
Many of us start businesses because we can’t find home-based jobs that fit around out families. If this is you, then you’ll want to take a look at hiremyparents.com, which launches this week. After the launch you’ll have four days to claim your free membership, so keep an eye on hiremyparents.com this week. If you’ve [...]
(This post was last updated on 9 June 2011 – see note at the bottom) I’m writing articles (like this one) that aim to give you a snapshot of a business idea. This is exactly what I wanted when I was on my first maternity leave, but couldn’t find. I had an idea that I [...]
Thinking of developing a new product? Startup Donut has fourteen short steps plus a list of dos and don’ts here…
What is it? Making an income from selling on auction website eBay. Benefits You can work at any time of the day or night – although you'll need to respond to customers promptly. You can spend as much or as little time on it as you want. It's cheap and quick to start up compared [...]
Becoming a parent for the second time is very different to the first time. Like all second-timers, we wondered how we could possibly love baby two as much as we loved baby number one. In the first fifteen months of her life, Little Lindop One had been a lot of hard work – how were [...]
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