Work at Home Mum

Do I need business insurance?

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by Helen on May 6, 2013

Insurance. It’s definitely not the most exciting part of starting a business but you really do need it. There are a range of different types of insurance that you might need, even as a one-person home-based business and I’m going to cover the basics here: Liability Insurance If you injure someone or damage their property [...]

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It’s now four years since the day I took my three-month-old daughter to visit a nursery and discovered I couldn’t leave her and go back to work full-time. It wasn’t the nursery, I just couldn’t stand to be parted from my baby. (If you feel that way right now, you might like to read my [...]

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Question: I’m at the research stage of setting up a small business while I look after my two toddlers. I  work most evenings once they have gone to bed but I’m also trying to fit bits in in the day. I feel I’m not giving my children the time I should as I’m distracted by [...]

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Work At Home Mums Around The World

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by Helen on April 4, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I had an email from Diona Moustri and Kalliopi Fountoulaki-Hanioti of Mammas Work at Home, a website for work at home mums in Greece: Starting a home based business or working from a home office are emerging choices for mothers who wish to spend more time with their family and [...]

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Is Working From Home Getting You Down?

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by Helen on January 24, 2011

Working from home sounds the perfect solution if you’re a working mum. You can save time on your commute (by reducing it to…er…30 seconds!), you can work flexibly around the kids and you can even work in your pyjamas. That’s all true, but there are downsides. It can be lonely, plus if you need to [...]

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It’s never been easier or cheaper to start a business from home. But you still need a phone, a computer, insurance, to register as self-employed, a mailing address, business cards, a bank account and more.  You can do all of this quickly and cheaply, but it takes a long time and a lot of browsing [...]

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