How to work from home
home working & home business success
Working from home – the motivation and separation
02 days ago
Finding the motivation to get off the sofa!
Today freelance brand strategist Greg Dillon talks about how he finds the motivation to work while surrounded by domestic comfort, and how it’s necessary to find a way to separate work and home life to achieve your deadlines:
Working from home is a [...]
Do home workers have bank holidays?
24 days ago
How do you spend bank holidays?
So in the UK we’re approaching our second bank holiday in three weeks. Bank holidays came about in the nineteenth century when paid holidays were unheard of and most people worked pretty much all the time. Some now think that bank holidays are redundant now that [...]
5 steps to tackle the guilt of the working mum
05 days ago
Essential reading for every working mum!
Elinor Wilde is the working mum’s coach and we’re very lucky to have her on the blog today sharing her experience on how to become the working mum you want to be:
So you’re ensconced in your home office, the family are at work/school/nursery, you breathe a [...]
National Work from Home Day
01 week ago
by Judy Heminsley
in News
What are you doing on Work from Home Day?
Today is National Work from Home Day, when Work Wise UK promote the benefits of home working to employers.
Their guest blogger Frances O’Grady, General Secretary of the TUC, writes on their site today that ‘home working has been steadily growing, despite [...]
Extra freelance earnings over the summer
81 week ago
by Judy Heminsley
in Making money
What happens to your freelance earnings in the holidays?
Today’s guest post looks at a few ways of boosting freelance earnings if summer is a quiet time for you:
For many freelancers, summer time is a mixed blessing. The weather may have improved but earnings can drop as clients’ orders slow down [...]
Pets for home workers
81 week ago
I’ve mentioned before that home workers tend to have a number of favourite things that add structure and enjoyment to their day. Technology for obvious reasons, drinks and snacks for a break and boosting energy, and then more personal factors, often children, pets and the view out of the home [...]
Keeping home workers in touch
01 week ago
by Judy Heminsley
in Technology
It’s the simple things home workers need
A guest post today on how to keep home workers in touch with their colleagues and prevent them becoming isolated:
The working from home revolution has perhaps not progressed quite as quickly as many of us might have expected. Despite the Confederation of [...]
Stay healthy when working from home
01 week ago
Today I’m delighted to introduce Alison Matthews from Raw Confidence. Alison helps women get their sparkle back by working with them using confidence coaching, raw food nutrition, yoga and meditation. I tend to fall into bad eating habits so I was pleased to read her tips on how to stay healthy [...]
Personal pension with a personal touch
02 weeks ago
by Judy Heminsley
in Saving money
Local advice matters when it comes to organising your personal pension
Today’s guest post stresses the importance of getting the right advice when arranging your personal pension:
The key reason for investing in a pension is to ensure that you have enough income to live comfortably on once you [...]
Unusual home working jobs – vocal coach
02 weeks ago
Home working but different!
It’s been a while since the last in the Unusual Home Working Jobs series, so I was pleased to be put in touch with Saphron Watson, a musician who works at home in the countryside near Telford:
Hi Saphron, what made you work from home originally?
I chose home working [...]
Go west for The Workbox
22 weeks ago
by Judy Heminsley
in News
The Workbox to open in Penzance
A new flexible workspace, The Workbox is about to open in Penzance to cater for West Cornwall’s growing number of home working professionals, freelance workers and small business directors.
The Workbox is the result of a £250,000 investment by the Regional Growth [...]
Vehicle wrapping
22 weeks ago
by Judy Heminsley
in Home business
Brand time, all the time, when you go for vehicle wrapping
Today’s guest post introduces vehicle wrapping as a very effective way to advertise your home business in the local area:
If you’re looking for an extremely cost-effective means of advertising, then having your vehicle wrapped in vinyl [...]
