Tag: Debt

• It’s official! Purple Shoots Responsible Finance Raising Funds to Specifically Support SMBN Members! and we are so grateful!

  This is Mike and Karen, from Purple Shoots, receiving flowers at this years’ Single Mums Business Network Awards, in gratitude for having faith not only in me (Jules), but in a handful of my members when banks had written us off because the computer says no. Purple Shoots Business Lending (“Purple Shoots”) is a not-for-profit…

  Jules

  January 27, 2022

  Women in Business

  Debt, depression, Poor Credit, Purple Shoots, Responsible Finance, single mum, Small Business, Universal Credit, Working from Home

• Social Impact Review Report

  You can download the Social Impact Review Report (special first edition with typos) pdf HERE, but I have copied the content below for ease of reference. Single Mums Business Network Social Impact Review Barriers to Work, Cost to Economy and Solution Barriers to Finance, Cost to Economy and Solution Barriers to Home, Cost to Economy…

  Jules

  February 27, 2021

  Women in Business

  Adversity, Bank Charges, Budget, Budget Recovery, Childcare, Circular Economy, Covid Recovery, Debt, economy, flexible working, Loans for Bad Debt, Local Governance, Self Employed Mortgages, Single Mum Grant, Single Mums in Business, Single Mums Work, Small Budget, SMBN, Social Impact, Stigma, Universal Credit, Work from Home, Work in School Hours

• 2020 – The Year We All Made History. 2021, The Year of Imminent Fun

  

  We have all fought this year. We all have our own personal challenges and triumphs. The main thing is that we are here to tell the tale. We all know the dance isn’t over, but we all know it will be soon. Whatever you have survived for 9 months, you will survive for 3 more.…

  Jules

  December 31, 2020

  Women in Business

  #SHECAN365, 2020, Business Awards, Covid-19, Darling Magazine, Debt, Events 2021, Food Banks, Help Depression, HRH The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Julie Hawkins, Lady Magazine, New Year 2021, Single Mums in Business, Single Parent UK, Small Business, SmallBiz100, SMBN, Social Media Training, The year of covid-19, Universal Credit, Women in Business, Work from Home, Work in School Hours

• I should never have been on benefits, but lack of flexible working cost the tax payer thousands…

  

  I SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN ON BENEFITS, BUT LACK OF FLEXIBLE WORKING COST THE TAX PAYER THOUSANDS… I was blissfully unaware of issues surrounding flexible working in my 20’s and early 30’s. As I was blissfully ignorant and judgemental around benefits. I had been quite happy for 20 years in my 9-5 (or more like…

  Jules

  December 8, 2020

  Women in Business

  9to3, All by Mama, Business Women In, Debt, economy, Ellamental Mama, Equality, flexible working, Flexible Working Agencies, Flexology, Frolo, Humanity, Loneliness, NEESIE, parttimework, Pregnant then Screwed, Recruitment, Single Mums, Sistr, Sterling, Tax, taxcredits, Ten2Two, That Works for Me, The Boy, the Fox and the Mole, Thrive, Timewise, Unique Ladies, water rates, WiRE, Woman Who, Working Together, workinginschoolhours

• I set up the Single Mums Business Network following my own 8 year journey as a single mum trying to balance work, childcare, finance and business.. despite stigma.

  ‘FLEXIBLE WORKING ISN’T AN OPTION.’ THAT’S WHAT MY EMPLOYER CONFIRMED DURING MY MATERNITY. I HAD TO CHOOSE, MY CAREER OR MY DAUGHTER? I CHOSE MY DAUGHTER, AND PAID THE PRICE. When I say I paid the price I want to be clear from the off, I do not and never have regretted choosing my daughter. Every cuddle,…

  Jules

  January 20, 2020

  Women in Business

  #smbn, CGT, Childcare, Debt, divorce, HIgh Rent, Housing Crisis, Living Wage, low pay, Minimum Wage, Part-time work, Pay day loans, Private Rent, Private Rental, Relative Poverty, Self-employed, Self-Employed Single Mums UK, single mum, single mums business network, Single Mums in Business UK, Single Parent UK, uk, Work from Home, Work in School Hours, working mums

• Holiday Blues & ‘Broken Families’ – Expections hurt..

  The most important thing to remember as a single parent is that we are the ones with preconceived ideology about what Christmas and the holidays should look like. We are the ones who have been sold the 2.4 dream and we are the ones who …

  Jules

  October 28, 2019

  Women in Business

  Broken Home, Christmas, Debt, Holiday Blues, Single Parent