Tag: Julie Hawkins

• Happy 9th Birthday to KIH Products. The Company that led to the SMBN…

  I am SO grateful for my journey; from identifying a gap in the market and supplying KIH Beds to professional practitioners and the #spa industry worldwide. I met a need despite being unable to meet my own needs…

  Jules

  July 24, 2022

  flexible working, Single Parent, Women in Business

  flexible working, Grants for Single Mums, Julie Hawkins, Kaylyn Hawkins, kih bed, pregnancy massage, Responsible Finance, Small Business, SMBN

• 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

• Welcome New ‘Friend’ of the SMBN, Clare Griffiths, Founder of the Thrive Effect

  I am delighted to welcome Clare Griffiths, University Entrepreneurship Educator, Advocate for Female Founders and Women in Business and Founder of The Thrive Effect, as a friend of the Single Mums Business Network. I met Clare through her Thrive Huddle, and was really impressed with the way she supports fellow women in business, and so…

  Jules

  December 2, 2020

  Women in Business

  Barclays Eagle Labs, Business Events, Business Networking, Clare Griffiths, Discova, Emma Reilly, Entrepreneurship, Female Founders, flexible working, Hatch, Innovate UK, Jill Thorburn, Julie Hawkins, Lizzy Hodcroft, Luca Forte, Mind Of My Own, Naomi Muston, Single Mothers, Single Mums in Business, SMBN, Support Networks, The Thrive Effect, Thrive, Women Supporting Women, Work in School Hours

• Welcome New Member, Trupti Dudhia, of Consept Accounting Solutions to the Single Mums Business Network

  

  I am delighted to welcome Trupti Dudhia, of Consept Accounting Solutions, to the SMBN. Consept Accounting Solutions is a Watford based, independent accountancy firm specialising in supporting business start-ups. Providing financial and strategic advice specially tailored to you, providing key insights and ideas to transform your business. Members enjoy exposure to their business with every…

  Jules

  November 25, 2020

  Women in Business

  Accountancy Advice, Budgeting, Business Networking, Business Plan, business support, Company Accounts, Consept Accounting Solutions, Dividends, Jules, Julie Hawkins, Mums in Business, Self-Assessment, Self-employed, single mums business network, Single Mums UK, Small Business, SMBN, Trupti Dudhia, Women in Business, Women Supporting Women, Working from Home

• Welcome New Member, Aruna Bansal, Founder of the Asian Single Parents Network CIC, to the Single Mums Business Network.

  I am delighted to welcome Aruna Bansal, Founder of the Asian Single Parents Network CIC, to the Single Mums Business Network. It is so rewarding to connect with a fellow single parent who can offer support to a community that I do not have experience of, around divorce, legal advice and stigma. We had a…

  Jules

  November 16, 2020

  Women in Business

  Arranged Marriage, Aruna Bansal, Asian Single Parents, ASP, Divorce Advice, flexible working, Julie Hawkins, Single Mums in Business, Single Parent UK, SMBN, Stigma, uk, Women Supporting Women, Working from Home

• Welcome New ‘Friend of the SMBN’ – Fiona Scott of Scott Media – Journalism, Public Relations and Media

  I am delighted to welcome Fiona Scott, of Scott Media, as a Friend of the SMBN’ I have known Fiona for a number of years and have worked with her when she helped me launch the business and I am so proud that she has joined as a friend, to further support the network. Fiona…

  Jules

  October 14, 2020

  Women in Business

  Fiona Scott, flexible working, Journalist, Julie Hawkins, Marketing Strategy, Media, PR, Press Releases, Public Relations, Scott Media, Single Mums Business Network Ju, SMBN, Women in Business

• Single Mums Business Network Awards and Covid-19 – This is what is going to happen!

  

  We had planned to celebrate with the first UK National Awards for Single Mums in Business on May 23rd 2020. Due to Covid, we played it safe and postponed the Awards until November 21st 2020, but following today’s announcement by the Prime Minister about events closing down, likely for another 6 months, we have had…

  Jules

  September 22, 2020

  Women in Business

  Awards, Business, Events Covid-19, flexible working, Julie Hawkins, PR, Single Mums, single mums business network, SMBN, Sponsors

• Welcome New Member – Susie Mackie – Founder – Women of Spirit

  I am delighted to welcome Susie Mackie, Photographer, Author, Founder of Women of Spirit and Hotter Shoes Inspirational Woman! to the Single Mums Business Network. I have been connected with Susie for a few years and admired her work from afar, and I am so proud that she is a fellow SMiB and has joined…

  Jules

  September 16, 2020

  Uncategorized

  Glamour Photographer, Hotter Shoes, Julie Hawkins, Photographer, Single Mums, SMBN, Susie Mackie, Women of Spirit, Women Supporting Women

• Welcome New Member, Fabienne Wilkinson to the Single Mums Business Network. Fabienne is a VA and Paralegal.

  I am delighted to welcome Fabienne to the SMBN – Fabs is a Virtual Assistant and Paralegal based near Cardiff and she has joined the SMBN to help her gain exposure to her new business and to join a network of like-minded professional single mums. Here is what Fabienne says:

  Jules

  September 1, 2020

  Women in Business

  business network, Cardiff, Fabienne Wilkinson, Julie Hawkins, Legal Assistant, Near ME, networking for mums, Networking Near Me, PA, Paralegal, Single Mums in Business, Single Parent UK, SMBN, Virtual Assistant

• Member success story – single mum in business created three female breadwinners, and has now hired a new member of staff who is pregnant

  To try and articulate how immensly proud I am to share Laura’s story seems to great a task. Not only is she a single mum who faught to make work work for her and her family, she sustained, she grew, she employed, and during Covid-19 when the self-employed partners lost work, she created and sustained…

  Jules

  August 29, 2020

  Women in Business

  Childcare, Covid-19, Employment in Pregnancy, Female Breadwinners, HR Consultant, Julie Hawkins, Laura Callahan, Single Mums, Single Mums in Business, Single Parent UK, SMBN, Willow HR, Work from Home, Work in School Hours, Working Tax Credits

• Neesie, Facilitating Prosperity for Single Mums, Sponsors the ‘Acing Adversity’ catergory at the 2020 Single Mums Business Network Awards

  Neesie, Facilitating Prosperity for Single Mums, Sponsors the ‘Acing Adversity’ catergory at the 2020 Single Mums Business Network Awards

  Jules

  August 14, 2020

  Women in Business

  Awards, Julie Hawkins, NEESIE, Noreen Khan, Policy, Single Mothers, single mum, SMBN, Sponsor, uk

• I’m a Finalist! Woman Who Achieves Awards 2020 with Sandra Garlick MBE

  Just in-case you didn’t see my post on Facebook, or Instagram, or Twitter, or Google, or LinkedIn, or if you didn’t see me skipping down the road! I have news… I’m a finalist! and yes I am celebrating it’s a really big deal.. I first applied for the Woman Who Achieves Awards in 2018 –…

  Jules

  March 11, 2020

  Women in Business

  Awards, Confidence Building, Coventry, Finalist 2020, Help others, Julie Hawkins, Pay it Forward, PR, Sandra Garlick MBE, Single Mums in Business, SMBN, uk, Woman Who, Woman Who Achieves

• Welcome New Member, Claire Harris, Pets 2 Places (a great franchise opportunity!)

  Welcome New Member, Claire Harris, Pets 2 Places (a great fanchise opportunity!) Members enjoy exposure to their business with every visit to the SMBN and associated PR. Please don’t hesitate to join us if you are a Single Mum working hard to pay the bills alone, we are here to help you. You do not…

  Jules

  February 19, 2020

  Women in Business

  #gingerbread, #smbn, Affordable Franchise, Business Networking, Elderly Support, Franchise Opportunity, Julie Hawkins, Milton Keynes, Mums in Business, Networking Near Me, New Business Idea, Pet Taxi, Pets 2 Places, Single Mums in Business, Single Mums in Business UK, Single Parent UK, Women in Business, womensupportingwomen, work for good, Work from Home, Work in School Hours

• Welcome New Member, and County Coordinator for Buckinghamshire, Samantha Poole, MumsRates

  I am delighted to welcome Sam to the Single Mums Business Network and it makes complete sense that she is the County Coordinator for Buckinghamshire, she already has a strong network in Milton Keynes and we have been talking for months. I’m so pleased she has now snapped up her County! Here’s what Sam says:

  Jules

  February 19, 2020

  Women in Business

  Business Directory, Business Networking, business support, Julie Hawkins, Milton Keynes, Mums in Business, Mums in UK Ltd, MumsRate, MumsRates, networking for mums, Networking Near Me, Sam Poole, Samantha Poole, Single Mums in Business, Single Mums in Business UK, Single Parent UK, SMBN, Women in Business, womensupportingwomen, Work in School Hours

• Working Flexibly – Ten2Two Director Tracey Adams Speaker at Gloucester SMBN Meeting

  Whilst many of us are business women because we have a product or service to share, many of us are in business as a desperate measure to work without having to deal with childcare costs and stress before and after school and for 10 (ish) weeks of the year during holidays

  Jules

  October 28, 2019

  Women in Business

  #smbn, Business Networking, flexible working, Gloucester, Julie Hawkins, Kirstie Preece, Mums in Business, Part-time work, single mums business network, Ten2Two, Tracey Adams, uk, Women in Business

• Thanks to our speakers…

  Thank you to our speakers and delegates for a wonderful first UK Conference supporting Single Mums in Business or Self-Employed. Fighting for work and family.

  Jules

  September 22, 2019

  Women in Business

  Cara Sayer, catherine gladwyn, Fiona Scott, Jackie Groundsell, Julie Hawkins, Lucinda Dore, Mums in Business, Single Parent UK

• Award-Winning Best Selling Author and Virtual Assistant Catherine Gladwyn shares inspiration at the Single Mums Business Network Conference 2019

  Catherine started her Virtual Assistant business while still employed, with a daughter at college, no pension and no savings. Catherine shares her journey in her award winning bestselling book, How to be a Virtual Assistant, which was written to help others break free from the restraints of employment and enjoy their working life.

  Jules

  August 13, 2019

  Women in Business

  #smbn, Award Winning, Best Selling Author, catherine gladwyn, delegate va, How to be a VA, Julie Hawkins, Self-employed, single mum, Single Mums in Business, Single Parent UK, uk, Virtual Assistants

• Julie Hawkins is a NATIONAL FINALIST in the ‘Leadership’ Category of The Positive Awards

  

  Julie Hawkins is a FINALIST in the Leadership Category of The Positive Awards Courtsesy of Amanda Moss PR

  Jules

  July 29, 2019

  Women in Business

  Amanda Moss PR, Julie Hawkins, Leadership, Mums in Business, Positive Awards, Single Mums in Business, Single Parents