One of the first questions you should ask yourself when setting up a business is: why am I doing this? Annie Ridout revisited her initial reasons for setting up The Early Hour and realised she’d lost her path. So now she’s making a change…
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Work Life
“Nora Ephron, the famous screenwriter, once said – ‘When you slip on a banana peel, people laugh at you. But when you tell people you slipped on a banana peel, it’s your laugh.’” Writer and editor Anniki Sommerville shares five excellent writing tips to help get you started…
Work Life
“I was constipated, on anti-depressants and had several colonoscopies. My skin was almost grey, I had a perpetual low mood and my hair would often fall out.” Juliette Rainer tells Cordelia Fellowes the dark truth about how damaging night shifts can be…
Work Life
“Four out of five businesses fail in the first three years,” says Tallie Maughan, founder of open-access ceramics studio Turning Earth. So how did she turn her idea into a wildly successful enterprise? She shares her business secrets…
Work Life
Anniki Sommerville had spent nearly two decades working for a market research company but after maternity leave, found herself questioning whether there might be more to life. She quit, went freelance, continued as editor of Selfish Mother and wrote a book. Here’s her story…
Work Life
In the same way that ‘everyone has a novel in them’, it’s possible that everyone has a business. But how do you know when the right time is to get started? And what’s the best way to overcome all that self-doubt? Kim Palmer, founder of Clementine app, gives some pointers…
Work Life
When you love your job, working can become an addiction – making it hard to have time away and switch off. But surely even a workaholic needs a break from time to time? We spoke to three work-addicts, including Steph Douglas of Don’t Buy Her Flowers, to find out…
Work Life
“To get the curled up sleepy photographs the baby needs to be warm and fed. We turn the heating up and get mum to feed them into a sleepy state” Photographer Charlotte Emily Gray on photographing newborns, her camera-shy kids and the old work/life balance…
Work Life
“Babies grow and change so fast and in the blink of an eye you’ll miss out if you’re not around.” Darren Barber, owner of Barber’s Gym in east London, discusses being a hands-on dad with his eight-month-old Frida…
Work Life
Whether you’re a budding entrepreneur or an employee looking to raise your game, these tips from the brilliant Suzy Ashworth – business mentor, founder of The Calm Birth School and author – are a must-read…