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Welcome New Member – Michelle Barrett – Stylist and Founder of Capsule Closet Stylist – to the Single Mum’s Business Network 💕
I am delighted to welcome Michelle Barrett, stylist and founder of Capsule Style Closet to the SMBN! Michelle has been observing the network from the outside for a year or two, and is a previous award finalist, and so I am delighted that she has now decided to join us as a member, contributing with…
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Welcome New Member, Michelle Jermy, The Yoni Therapist – Clinical Sexologist, Psychosexual & Relationship Therapist, to the SMBN!
I am delighted to welcome Michelle Jermy, Founder at The Yoni Therapist, to the SMBN, and it is my pleasure to raise awareness of pleasurable intimacy. Michelle is now part of the SMBN – where SOLO no longer means SOLO 💕
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Welcome New Member, Mable Melt, Founder of Mableade – Personal and Virtual Assistant, to the SMBN..
I am delighted to welcome Mable Melt aka Mableade – to the SMBN – Mable is a seasoned professional and offers services in admin, bookkeeping, email management, digital content and social media!
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Some events to look forward to! WOMANIFEST and IWD Conference – and that’s not all!
Join us at WOMANIFEST on 6th/7th July – A weekend of wellbeing and sisterly love for women and girls (teens!) Click the image for more info or buy your ticket here: WOMANIFEST WEBSITE Join us for the UK’s biggest International Women’s Day Conference and Expo taking place at Millennium Point in Birmingham. Friday 8th March…
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Single Mums Business Magazine – New Year Edition 2024 – Out Now!
Follow the link to read in full FOC or to buy an A4 glossy delivered to your door 💕
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Welcome New Member – Jenny Beckford – Parent & Teen Expert | 🏆Award Winning Coach of The Year | CEO of Greater Elevation | Inspirational Speaker
I am delighted to welcome Jenny Beckford, CEO of Greater Elevation, to the Single Mums Business Network! We met Jenny this year as she was nominated for (and won!) Coach of the Year at the SMBN Awards – she is an absolute delight, with her own incredible story of being a young single mum to twins…
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The Power of Networking, and celebrating other leaders.. Today I want to give a massive shout out to Sarah Cook, the lady behind ‘Come Network With Me’…
Today I want to give a massive shout out to Sarah Cook, the lady behind ‘Come Network With Me’, just take a look at her website, and then come back so I can explain! 👇 www. Sarahcook.co.uk I LOVE networking, I am a HUGE fan of the energy that fills the room when you join…
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SMBN Conference – Saturday 16th September – Bristol – Join us 💞
This is why you may want to join us It could be that you want to see a demonstration of mediumship with international medium Val Hood at 10:15am It may be that you would like to listen to the panel discussion with Purple Shoots, Experian and the British Business Bank to talk about business finance…
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Welcome New Member, Claire Standen, Coach, Speaker and Activist, to the SMBN
Welcome New Member, Claire Standen, Coach, Speaker and Activist, to the SMBN. Claire is a coach and therapist helping entrepreneurial and professional women break the generational curse of ‘never enough’ so that they can build businesses, relationships and family lives that light them up. Read more..
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Sarah Harvey, SMBN Member and Students in Mind Founder, delivers Wellbeing Workshop to Weightmans Solicitors.
Sarah Harvey, SMBN Member and Students in Mind Founder, delivers Wellbeing Workshop to Weightmans Solicitors. By engaging with one of the Students in Mind workshops, Weightmans showed themselves to be a forward-thinking employer when it comes to educating their staff…
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Welcome New Member to the SMBN – Debra Elsmore, Owner at Balance, Pilates and Wellbeing
I am delighted to welcome Debra to the Single Mums Business Network. Deb and I have been connected via networking for a number of years and it is always very heart-warming when somebody who has known me for years and I consider a friend, sees the value in formal membership of the SMBN. Debra is…
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Single Mums Business Magazine Autumn Edition 2022 OUT NOW
Single Mums Business Magazine Autumn Edition 2022 OUT NOW
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Our new Prime Minister Liz Truss, her knowledge of the Single Mums Business Network, aka SMBN, and our renewed hope for access to childcare, homes, financial independence and dignity.
With every change comes renewed hope, renewed hope for action, change, and a better future for us all, and whatever your political views, this is todays’ reality, and this is where less drama, and more productive focus is needed.
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I’ve had a busy 24hrs! I have spoken to the PM; challenged, listened, delivered our message, presented the barriers, the solutions, the pain, and I am beyond satisfied that I have done all that I can; here’s what was said…
Naturally we do not know whether it will be Rishi or Liz that resides at No.10 next month, but I can hand on heart, in the knowledge that it will be one of them, say that I have spoken to our PM! Quite literally for YEARS, I have been writing to Downing Street, Royalty, MP’s,…
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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…
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It’s out! Single Mums Business Magazine – Summer Edition 2022
It’s out! Single Mums Business Magazine – Summer Edition 2022
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Categories announced for the SMBN 2022 Awards…
Categories this year are: Campaigner of the Year Acing Adversity Award Super Start-up Community Champion Excellence in Customer Care Employer of the Year SMBN Champion of the Year Best Corporate Responsibility Best Innovation Award Best Business Marketing Read more…
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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…
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Welcome New Member – Laura Clark, Owner of Aurora Beauty, Swindon – to the SMBN.
I am delighted to welcome Laura Clark, Owner of Aurora Beauty, to the Single Mums Business Network. Laura’s treatments look heavenly and I am very excited to be able to support her by helping to raise awareness of her biz.
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Gratitude Post to Friend of the SMBN & Media Foundations Fiona Scott, of SCOTT MEDIA – because we didn’t just fall into the press!
Let me begin at the beginning! How do you write a post when you know it is about a professional media writer that could write it better than you!! – but, alas, this isn’t a PR post it’s an authentic from the heart raw and unchecked post – so let me start by saying –…
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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;
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The lockdown Swan, A new Business, a new Woman, a new Mother, The Power of Networking!
12 months ago you would never have been able to tell Shannon what she would feel like today. She was struggling with her full-time job in a school and battling childcare, home, life and work and she was desperate to take the plunge and use her incredible art skills to start her own hand lettering…
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Welcome New Member, Rosie Gosling of Flamingo Paperie, to the Single Mums Business Network
I am delighted to welcome Rosie to the SMBN. Rosie sells UK Manufactured Cards, Stationery and Papercraft Kits on-line and in person via Flamingo Paperie. Here is Rosie’s intro;
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Welcome New Member – Chrissie Lowery, to the Single Mums Business Network. Chrissie is a Crafty Entrepreneur, Author, Radio Presenter, Owner of The Cuddle Bed Company and Founder of shophandmade.co.uk!
WELCOME NEW MEMBER – CHRISSIE LOWERY, TO THE SINGLE MUMS BUSINESS NETWORK. CHRISSIE IS A CRAFTY ENTREPRENEUR, AUTHOR, RADIO PRESENTER, OWNER OF THE CUDDLE BED COMPANY AND FOUNDER OF SHOPHANDMADE.CO.UK! – If you sell Art and Craft please do take a look at Chrissie’s platform to help you increase your sales! Read more…
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Existing Member – New Business! Take a look at Indigo Jo – Fine Jewellery
I love to watch my members evolve and grow, in life and in business! Jo joined the SMBN in 2019 when she was utilising her skills as a VA, but moving to Devon helped ignite her real passion as she and her daughter spent hours collecting shells from the beach!. Read all about Jo and…
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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.…
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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…
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Welcome New Member, Jane Marney, Cupcake Express, to the Single Mums Business Network
I am delighted to welcome Jane, of Cupcake Express @Cupcakeexpress1 to the Single Mums Business Network. I have no doubt of the calibre of Single Mums in the UK and the SMBN is here to ensure that these ladies get the recognition and exposure they deserve. Members enjoy exposure to their business with every visit…
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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…
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Welcome new ‘Friend of the SMBN’ – Catherine Gladwyn, Delegate VA and How to be a VA
I’m delighted to welcome Catherine Gladwyn of Delegate VA and How to be a VA as a ‘Friend of the SMBN’. Catherine is an Award Winning Author and was a speaker at our Conference in September 2019. She offers training and membership via her website ‘How to be a VA’…
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Welcome New Member – Nehaya Zitawi – Hiya’s Healing, to the SMBN
I am delighted to welcome Nehaya to the SMBN, a professional network of Single Mums in Business in the UK. Nehaya works from Bristol and I met her at our Bristol meeting this week, she is absolutely amazing with her journey and sincerity towards helping other. Here’s what she says:
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SMBN – Business Network for Single Mums in the UK – Affordable Exposure and Events – 2019 Summary
SMBN – Business Network for Single Mums in the UK – Affordable Exposure and Events
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Welcome New Member, Tanya Gebhardt, to the SMBN, Tanya specialises in Permanent Make Up and is based in Malvern
I am delighted to welcome Tanya Gebhardt to the Single Mums Business Network. I will confess that reading Tanya’s introduction made me cry. So many of our members share stories of walking down the isle or starting a family in a loving relationship and never expecting to be a ‘single mum’, but alas we are…
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Welcome new ‘Friend of the SMBN’ – Kay Hamblin, Eight Legal and HR Mate
We welcomed Kay Hamblin, Director of Eight Legal to ‘Friends of the SMBN’ a few months ago. She recently joined us for coffee at our Gloucester SMBN meeting and I was really impressed with what I heard and asked her to do a special blog post to share with you all what she shared with…
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Welcome new ‘Friend of the SMBN’ – Kay Hamblin, Eight Legal and HR Mate
On the back of support from wonderful business people who are not single parents, I created ‘Friends of the SMBN’. And I would like to give a warm welcome to Kay Hamblin of Eight Legal and HR Mate, who will now benefit from exposure to her business with every view of the Single Mums Business…
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Welcome new ‘Friend of the SMBN’ – Lucy Tarrant, Cognitive Law
On the back of support from wonderful business people who are not single parents, I created ‘Friends of the SMBN’. And I would like to give a warm welcome to Kirsty Tyler of Wyefield Wealth Management, who will now benefit from exposure to her business with every view of the Single Mums Business Network.
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Welcome new FRIEND of the SMBN – Bridget Daley, Parents in Biz
On the back of support from wonderful business people who are not single parents, I created ‘Friends of the SMBN’. And I would like to give a warm welcome to Kirsty Tyler of Wyefield Wealth Management, who will now benefit from exposure to her business with every view of the Single Mums Business Network.
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Women in Business – Single Mums – Affordable Exposure
Single Mums Business Network aka SMBN – AE = Affordable Exposure – When you are a self-employed Single Mum in the UK finding a PR budget can be really hard, and so the SMBN is here to provide that crucial affordable platform, where you can gain exposure and connect with like minded hard-working women who…
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