You have an idea. It’s exciting. It gives you a little glimpse into a different future – one where you do something you love, you do it really well, and customers are prepared to pay you for it. That little idea whispers, “You could run your own business, you know.”...

Henry Allen is beautiful. His smile makes you want to grin back in return – you just can’t help it. There’s a heap of fun-loving cheekiness behind those eyes, along with a kind heart and a deep love of superheroes. Seeing photos of Henry in my social media feed...

Bring down the cost of your utility bills every month, just by shopping as normal. Has there ever been a better time? This magic happens with Utility Warehouse, and we signed up through Chrissie and Bruce Wingrave – the Queen and King of Customer Care.   It...

More than a place to meet clients – Busy Women Networking is good for the soul What does the word “networking” bring to mind? Before I had a business, my picture was heavily influenced by the 80s - yuppies and bankers in red braces, bragging to each other about how...

Just after I turned 40, I wasn’t feeling right. I was lots of different roles to lots of different people – mum, wife, copywriter, web designer, admin assistant, daughter, sister, friend, school governor, parent helper. I loved where life was for me and our family,...

This month, I’m so excited to share the story of Reena, who runs her own mobile beauty and nails business here in Milton Keynes: Beauty and Nails by Reena. She’s just fabulous at what she does, and she’s made an art out of her business, and out of creating the life...

Hugging my home and solving present-buying problems for Mr RLC too – Willow and Hen has it all! “Coming home and walking through that front door should feel like you’re getting a lovely warm hug.” That’s how Sue Chalmers describes what she does in her business, Willow...

As my business and I emerged from another lockdown and months of homeschool, I felt a bit lost. I knew what I wanted to offer, and what my favourite types of customer were like – the ones I wanted more of – but I didn’t really know what to put out there about myself...

You know how lovely it is to meet someone who is totally on your wavelength – someone who’s also got young children, their own business, similar values, similar interests? Well, imagine my joy at meeting someone like that, and then discovering that she is an...

Meditation: something that I thought seemed nice, but probably not for me. I was far too busy for that sort of thing, barely got time to grab a cuppa, and what do you even get out of sitting still for a bit - especially when you could be cracking through the to-do...