Are you about to start working from home, or start a home-based business and don’t know what items you need to purchase to help you be as effective as possible in your new work environment?
Here are some must-haves that every home office should have:
Are you all set to embark on a new business, be it online or something more traditional? If so, good for you. However, before you take the plunge, take a little time to step back and make sure you’ve really done your homework on your industry and competitors.
School summer holidays are arguably one of the most expensive times of the year where spending is concerned, and if you’ve gone a little overboard. Your credit card spending and are panicking about how to cope, here are some tips to help you:
Now that children are back in school and settled in the first term of the year, may mums find they have a lot of time to work or study. If that sounds like you, but you’re struggling to pool together the money to pay for childcare so you can take a course, you could be eligible for grants or funding through a bursary.
The average cost of a new baby is £5,464 in the first year of their child’s life – increasing by four per cent to £5,666 for those living in London.
It’s obviously excludes the cost of living, and any childcare required to raise the child, so it’s easy to see how money can be tight for new mums in maternity leave.
Children are so engrained in technology these days, it’s often easy for them to run rings around less tech savvy parents…until the mobile phone bill lands on your doormat!
If you’ve had to give your child a mobile phone because they are travelling to and from school but are worried that they may rack up the phone bill, you should watch this video for some tips:
Now that the schools are open again,and the pressure of having keep children suitably entertained (with expensive activities and gadgets) has wained, it’s probably a good time start teaching the value of money.
We think this video from Money Supermarket is fantastic, and shows you how you can encourage children to be more appreciative and responsible with money:
Most of the time short term sickness absence is dealt with easily in the workplace as it fits within the allotted amount of sick days and doesn’t cause disruption of the job. However, what happens when an employee has frequently occurring short term absences from work or a long term absence due to a serious illness?
Britain’s naughtiest schoolchild is called Jack, according to a poll for The Schoolwear Association. He answers back, refuses to do his work and doesn’t wear a school uniform, apparently.
Apologies in advance if your little treasure is called Jack! But you’re not alone – other names of children teachers said behaved badly are William, James, Josh and Kyle.
Working mums have enough to juggle and trying to cook separate meals for a healthier diet in a bid to lose weight, can take its toll on time and money.
That’s why we jumped at the chance to review Diet Chef, as it seemed to kill both of those birds with one stone – delivering all meals and snacks straight to our doorstep.
Whether you work in an office, a beauty salon or a building site your employer has a duty to make sure you work in a safe environment.
Sometimes, with all the best will in the world, accidents will happen. The latest statistics from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirm that, tragically, 148 people were fatally injured at work in the UK during 2012 and 2013.
Payday loans have received a lot of bad press recently. But for many families struggling to make ends meet, when a big bill hits the doormat, or the car breaks down and costs a bomb to fix, there really aren’t many other options.
Going away to university can have a mix of feelings for you and your child alike – they are fleeing the nest (maybe permanently now they have a taste for it). For them, it may be a welcome chance to break free into independence and with it, some mistakes along the way.
Here are some tips to help them avoid identity theft (some you can apply to yourself, too):
saiStay-at-home mums say that the cost of childcare means they can’t afford to go to work.
The poll of 5,500 mothers found that 70% of those who did not work said they would be worse off if they had to pay for childcare so they could work. The figure rose to 74% in Scotland.
Worrying about finances is never a good thing, but worrying about whether or not you’ll be able to afford essential bills like your utilities or even food shopping is even worse, especially if you have little mouths to feed and look after.
Being a working my is comparable to…being a working mum. There really is nothing like it, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it…and be happy.
There are some characteristics of successful working mums – if you think a out those you know who seem to be on top of their game, and who seem to be doing extraordinarily well, they will have all or most of the traits below:
Staring an online business exciting, and when you’re raring to go, it can be disappointing when you don’t get the desired efforts after all your hard work.
If only you had someone to cross check with and make sure you haven’t missed anything, or done anything wrong so you don’t throw in the towel when you know deep down that your business idea should be raking it in.
This audio tutorial will teach you how to launch your online product successfully, and easily.
When you spend your time juggling between looking after the kids and working for a living, it can almost feel like too much effort to organise a holiday on top of everything else – no matter how much you love getting away from it all.
But if you don’t go away, you won’t reap the benefits of a real break from the normal routine; a chance to leave work behind for a week or two and enjoy some real quality time with the kids and your partner.
