As managing director of media agency Maxus UK – and a 300-strong workforce – Anna Hickey has made it her mission to implement truly flexible working for parents. We talk gender equality in the workplace and being a woman at the top of her game…
business
Wellbeing
Having autism means Adam Bradford favours an ordered approach to learning and doesn’t find social interaction easy. But he attended Dragon’s Den star Peter Jones’ Enterprise Academy and is now a successful entrepreneur and campaigner…
Work Life
Estelle Theobalds left a career in events after the birth of her firstborn to launch Canopy Beer Co brewery with her husband, in south east London. The toddler’s now at nursery but the baby…? She has a cot in the brewery.
Work Life
The ‘how do they do it all’ question is usually reserved for working mums but with hands-on dads becoming increasingly common, we decided to ask dads who work and play an active role in their kids’ lives the same question…
Work Life
Bo&Bel launched with a range of teething jewellery for mums to wear (and babies to chew on) but they soon realised dads were being left out. Here, founder Vicki Hodges writes about building a business after having twins and creating a collection for dads…
Mornings
The entrepreneur who’s up at the crack of dawn to drink something green and practice mindfulness might sound familiar. But it seems the young entrepreneurs – in their early 20s – favour a late start. We spoke to three…
Work Life
PATTERNITY, originally set up by artists Anna Murray and Grace Winteringham as a pattern archive, is now a globally influential style brand. We talk branding, partnerships and seeing beauty in the mundane…
Work Life
The award-winning entrepreneur and founder of Shea Radiance, Funlayo Alabi, discusses her Nigerian childhood, mixing up shea butter on the kitchen table, her now global, multi-million dollar business and protecting the women who pick the nuts…
Mornings
Here’s our Sunday morning summary of the week’s most read articles, including: The Bright Company on getting a good night’s sleep, branding expert Tracy Hastain, the best tunes for 2016 breakfast listening and photographing newborns…
Family
The founder of Dress Like a Mum, Zoe de Pass, is changing the way we see fashion and motherhood. Basically, by saying: mums can be cool too. Here, we discuss getting dressed in the morning and the rise of the Instamum…