Is it your favourite childhood toy, or irreplaceable photos of the kids? If it’s the later then you’re not on your own because family albums have been revealed as the nation’s most treasured possession, according to a recent poll.
Have you hear about the New ISA that the Chancellor George Osborne has announced – the NISA?
If you like saving, you’ll know that the current ISA allows us to save £5,760 in cash every year tax free.
With so many different colours and shapes, the Post-it® Brand from 3M is perfect for adding personality, emotion and individuality to your handwritten notes.
Sometimes, technology just doesn’t cut it, and we need something to write important notes and reminders on that won’t fail us when our battery deism or we haven’t backed up the information we need.
Everyone has at least one thing that they are good at in life. Some are good at making others laugh, others are natural organisers, and some are fantastic communicators. All these skills, however, are essential at some point in our lives – and if you don’t know how to communicate effectively, it can have a damning effect on many areas of your life.
Here are nine golden rules for effective communication that you can use in your home, workplace and business:
Once you know your family’s lunch budget, you can cut your spending by meal planning.
Put pen to paper at the weekend and decide what you’ll be packing for your lunch at work and for the kids (if they take a packed lunch to school) for the coming week.
We all need some help sometimes – last-minute crises, or just an evening out with friends to let your hair down.
Whatever the case may be, the last thing any parent wants is to come back home to pandemonium or an accident. This video will show you how to make your home safe for a babysitter.
Commuting to work can be a real waste of time…if you just commute and do nothing else. While some employers have women up to the fact that you can get a lot more out of employees by letting them work more efficiently (from home, for example), others haven’t.
Do you ever feel like you’re always doing a lot more for the money you get? If you’re a small business owner or a freelancer, you could be right!
Being a working mum or a business mum is nome us for not getting the job done! Millions of mums around the world are making great strides in whatever they do, and you can, too, if you know how to remain productive.
Being a working mum may be the best job you’ll ever get, but it can be hard, sometimes…ok a lot of the time! You’re on call 24/7, and when you go on annual leave, you still have the same responsibilities.
With World Book Day just complete last week, many children have find memories of their favourite book character – or how much they enjoyed dressing up and getting into all the fun their school had prepared for them.
For many parents, the idea of running a business that fits in with family life and makes enough for a decent life is a distant dream. For some it’s a raw subject of failure, and for others, they are living the dream.
Hands up anyone who can’t by now, after several series of The Apprentice, recite exactly, Karen Brady’s business career almost as well as Alan Sugar’s? Who doesn’t know about the nerve and willpower of Margaret Thatcher as she took on the Old Boys’ Network and won?
If you’ve been stung with a huge childcare bill this half term, then you’ll appreciate getting up to 70% of that money paid back to you by way of tax credits.
Many families qualify for tax credits but don’t know they should be applying or how to apply – is yours one of them?
Every office has its quirks and unspoken rules when it comes to etiquette, but some of the universal rules of good behaviour seem so obvious that they’re easily overlooked.
Are you the person who’s always leaving your coffee mug in the kitchen sink and leaving it for others to wash up for you? Did you think that your colleagues haven’t noticed? What does that sloppiness say about your ability to finish a task for the team or your willingness to take responsibility?
We all share a desire to give our children the best possible opportunities to succeed and to reach their full potential – it’s just that juggling the commitments of our own work and of current after-school activities can make this hard to achieve.
Adding more activities to your child’s schedule can mean losing out on something in your life, or your child may miss out on some much needed downtime.
