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Jane Asher on starting a business
Jane Asher has starred in movies opposite Michael Caine and Lawrence Olivier. She’s written novels and regularly treads the boards in the West End. Despite all that, little could prepare her for the highs and lows of running her own business, Party Cakes.
Top start-up tips for mums
Starting a business is difficult enough, but add children into the equation and the challenge is multiplied. Here are a few tips from Gillian Nissim, Founder of WorkingMums.co.uk, herself a mum who started her own business.
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Ladies who launch: women and funding
When it comes to pay, the gender gap is all too apparent in the UK. SmallBusiness.co.uk speaks to five high-achieving women to find out whether it really is a man’s world
Childcare voucher schemes
Some employers provide a childcare scheme and provide staff with childcare vouchers as part of their benefits package to assist them financially. Find out the ins and outs.
Get the most out of networking
Building relationships with businesses that are complementary to your own means they can pass customers your way and vice versa. SmallBusiness.co.uk offers some tips on getting the most out of networking opportunities and events.
Dealing with stress, my way
Michael Jackson, chairman of leading technology venture capitalist Elderstreet Investments, gives SmallBusiness.co.uk his tips for dealing with stress.
Tips from the top - Caprice talks lingerie
Former Wonderbra model Caprice Bourret self-financed successful lingerie brand By Caprice, as well as modeling and marketing the line. The business bombshell reveals all to SmallBusiness.co.uk.
Tax and home-based businesses
As a business you can claim tax allowances. This means you can deduct a proportion of certain costs from your taxable profits and reduce your tax bill. SmallBusiness.co.uk explains.
Next generation networking
Until now, social networking has often sat awkwardly with work, with bosses fretting about hours wasted on Facebook. The question is, have they got anything to offer business owners in terms of networking opportunities.
Checklist: your family
Starting up a business changes everything, including your family life. When starting up, use this checklist to see if you and your family are prepared and how they may be able to help.
Work and Families Act Q&A
New maternity and adoption rights came into effect on 1 April 2007 as a result of the Work and Families Act 2006. This Q&A provided by Smallbusiness.co.uk and Peter-Jon Chalmers, director of Empire HR, provides information and advice in relation to these changes.
The balancing act: work and home
Most of us have suffered from some form of stress at some point trying to balance home and work life. Learning to identify the symptoms is a good starting point and these tips from SmallBuiness.co.uk and BUPA offer some practical advice.
Paying for child care
You are not allowed to include the cost of child care in your expenses in calculating you Income Tax and National Insurance liability, but you may be eligible for Working Tax Credit.
Look! No wires…
We are becoming a nation of workers on the move. Or so media hype surrounding the so-called “wireless revolution” would have us believe. Yet, more recently, this hype has begun to take on some truth.
Lessons learned – Rachel Elnaugh, former Dragons' Den investor
The well-publicised crash of her company Red Letter Days meant that Rachel Elnaugh's days as an investor on the Dragons' Den were over. SmallBusiness.co.uk caught up with her to ask what she has learned along the way.