Are you getting your money’s worth for your time?

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!

20,000 mums have taken up a direct selling business in the past year alone

20,000 mums have taken up a direct selling business in the past year alone

Are in need of extra cash and are thinking of a way to do this flexibly? Do you wish you could earn money in a way that doesn’t have to require a huge sacrifice on the time you spend with your family?

You’re not alone – around 20,000 mothers with young children started to ‘direct selling’ jobs in the past year fitting it around their commitments.

Crowdfunding can help you get the money you need for your business idea

Crowdfunding: free money for your business idea

So you have a business idea but no money to make it a reality? You can’t (or won’t) ask your family or friends for help, but you still have that burning desire to launch your business idea.

Crowdfunding is the way forward. We’ve teamed up with Crowdfunder.co.uk to make it easier for you to get your project and ideas funded.

Visit our funding page today, and get the ball rolling. You’re only a pitch away from making that business idea a reality.

The Mothers Who Work Club – are you in?

  • Are you a mum who is struggling financially?
  • Are you always scrimping borrowing from fed up friends and family and STILL going without because you’re on state benefits?
  • Does your heart sink when the postman drops those white envelopes through your letterbox because you are being chased to pay bills and bad debts?
Is it a muffin top or a baby bump?

Is it a muffin top or a baby bump?

Whilst commuters rush around on their journey to work or business meetings, focusing on juggling their coffee, hand or manbag, free issue of Metro newspaper on route, pregnant women are struggling to get a seat.

Trying to avoid an elbow or just being knocked into while pregnant, with the side effects of dizziness, swollen feet and nausea during pregnancy is not something to smirk about.

Research shows that 70% of families in low incomes are not claiming benefits they are entitled to

Research shows that 70% of families in low incomes are not claiming benefits they are entitled to

There’s been a lot of publicity on government cuts since the Coalition’s budget reforms last year. But it seems that many families are just trying to get by without claiming benefits that they are actually entitled to.

New research published by Turn2us, part of national charity Elizabeth Finn Care, has found that families who could be in most need of financial help are not accessing the financial support that is available to them.

Budget announcement: on the path for another rift between mothers who work and stay-at-home mums?

Budget announcement: on the path for another rift between mothers who work and stay-at-home mums?

Prime minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg yesterday confirmed that working parents who each earn less than £150,000 will qualify for childcare tax breaks worth up to £1,200 a year for each of their children from 2015, while their stay-at-home counterparts will get nothing.