Mum-of-two Julie Clarke, 36, is the co-founder and managing director of Femmcup (www.femmecup.com) – the eco-friendly option to sanitary towels and tampons.

When Louise Day started her business, some family members felt she was wasting her successful career as an accountant. But now the business is a success the now managing director gets the best of both worlds – a business that fits around her family.

 
 
 
 
I took a career break from my work as an accountant following the birth of my third child. I was keen to get back into the workplace when he started school, and wanted a job …

Liz makes juggling five children and a Kumon franchise look like a doddle
Mum-of-five Liz Burrin, tells www.motherswhowork.co.uk how she juggles running two successful Kumon franchises with looking after her family. Liz’s five children are aged …

Abiodun Oluokun, 32, runs NVQ Made Simple (www.nvqmadesimple.com) with her husband Peter. The business is less than a year old, but already it is generating the same monthly income that Abiodun achieved working as …

Rachel Jones, 45, is mum to Freya and also runs Totseats (www.totseat.com). She tells www.motherswhowork.co.uk how she manages the tricky business of managing home family life with a flourishing business (that’s also big in Japan!)…and …

Mumpreneur Linda Kennedy Torstensson, 48, juggles being mum to Maria, 7, with running her own business, Kozikidz (www.kozikidz.co.uk). 
What work did you do before you set up Kozikidz?
I worked in marketing at senior management level.
How did …

Single mum-of-two Salima Manji, 36, runs a flourishing networking club – the Asian Dinner Club. She tells www.motherswhowork.co.uk why turning her back on a successful career in investment banking was the best thing she has …

motherswhowork.co.uk profiles a lot of business women every year – it’s what inspires other mums who are thinking about starting their own business. One of my favourite interviews to date is with Emma Whimhurst author …

June Gill, 38 a single mum from Cardiff has found work with the help of Jobcentre Plus after struggling to survive on benefits for 18 years.
June who used to work as a nanny stopped working …

Anouk Skurek, 34, is a mum of two and runs The Stripy Company (www.thestripycompany.co.uk) with her sister. Is it keeping business in the family a tug of war ow elcome change from her previous job …

When mum-of-four, Lisa Warner,38, made some question cards to help her family discuss things rather than arguing across the dining table, she had no idea that she had started a business idea. Now Fink Cards …