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The Freelance Mum: Kelly Ford – comedian, presenter, producer

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“Some months you are rolling like P Diddy and other months you’re waiting for invoices to be paid. So, planning and budgeting is essential.” Kelly Ford, aka Book of Mum, on life as a freelance mum…

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Annie Ridout 10th July 2018
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The Early Hour mentor: Laura Alvarado, Tomato Tutors founder

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Laura Alvarado launched holistic tutoring company Tomato Tutors while raising her young son as a single mum. She now owns a beautiful premises and runs amazing holiday camps, too. If you’d like Laura as your business mentor, have a read…

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Annie Ridout 6th July 2018
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The Freelance Mum: Amy Goddall, graphic designer

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In this new series, we ask a freelance mum when and why she chose the freelance path. First up, Bristol-based graphic designer and mum-of-one Amy Goddall discusses her side-hustle taking over from her office job, and why she loves this way of working…

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Annie Ridout 3rd July 2018
Work Life

Should you take maternity leave if you work for yourself?

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Taking maternity leave as a freelance mum is tricky. Government maternity pay is low, and you’ll be stepping away from the freelance career you’ve been building… will it still be there when you return? Here are Annie Ridout’s thoughts on it all…

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Annie Ridout 26th June 2018
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The Early Hour mentor: Frankie Tortora, graphic designer and DIFTK founder

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As the founder of Doing it for the Kids – a community for freelance parents – as well as a graphic designer and mother, Frankie Tortora knows a thing or two about the freelancing juggle. If you’d like Frankie to mentor you, read on…

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Annie Ridout 4th June 2018
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Are you a freelance mum in need of some guidance?

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The editor, Annie Ridout, has benefitted from having a business mentor to help her with The Early Hour. Now she’d like to offer a mentorship to another freelance mum, in need of some guidance…

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Annie Ridout 8th April 2018
Work Life

5 writing tips that will turn you into a writer, instantly

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“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…

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Contributing Writer 14th January 2018
Work Life

“We were pale-faced, sipping Bach’s Rescue Remedy” – on leaving the corporate world to go freelance

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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…

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Contributing Writer 30th December 2017
Sleep

It’s baby naptime: do not disturb. No, seriously…

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Baby naptime is potentially the only break a parent will have throughout the day. A day that may start at 5am and last until 7pm. It is precious ‘free time’ to catch up on housework, paid work or sleep. So it must be protected… but how? Annie Ridout offers a suggestion…

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Annie Ridout 2nd November 2017
Mornings

Monday Morning Mantra: Frankie Tortora, Doing it for the Kids

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With the pressures of being a work-from-home mum, Frankie Tortora – of Doing it for the Kids – needs to regularly remind herself to slow down, breathe… and then continue. Here, she shares her start-of-the-week thoughts…

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The Early Hour 4th September 2017

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