Tag: Single Mums

• Welcome New Member, Philippa Main, of Three Sisters Farm, to the Single Mums Business Network…

  I am delighted to welcome Philippa Main, Owner and Founder of Three Sisters Farm, @threesistersfarmshop to the Single Mums Business Network. As a huge fan of dried flowers it’s a real joy to discover Philippa’s site and I am very excited to share it with you! Here is what Phillipa says;

  Jules

  July 22, 2021

  flexible working, Women in Business

  Bouquet Vases, flexible working, Giftware, Home Dressing, Interior Design, lockdown business, Philippa Main, Single Mums, Single Parent UK, Small Business, SMBN, Three Sisters Farm, Women in Business, Women Supporting Women

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Covid-19 and destitute self-employed, self-sufficient single mums

  I have long campaigned for the right of a mother, or any primary carer, to be able to enjoy the sanctuary of employment with some flexibility to work 0.6 or 0.8 FTE without sacrificing skillset or pay scale. As it stands, many women ‘choose’ self-employment, as an alternative to a benefits lifestyle when they find themselves…

  Jules

  March 31, 2020

  Women in Business

  Bank Charges, Benefits, Covid-19, Destitute, Housing Crisis, Minimum Income Floor, Minimum Wage, Mortgage Holiday, Overdraft Fees, Part-time work, Private Rental, Self-employed, Single Mums, Single Mums in Business UK, Small Business, SMBN