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What not to do when starting and running a home business, by Emma Jones
105 months ago
by Judy
in Home business
A month ago Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation and StartUp Britain shared her startup secrets with attendees of How to Work from Home – The Inside Guide. I’ll be covering her key points at a later date, but just as important is knowing what NOT to do when setting up and growing a home business! Here [...]
Professional indemnity insurance for home workers Part 2
46 months ago
by Judy
in Home business
Specialist insurance broker ConstructaQuote conclude their rundown of professional indemnity insurance started yesterday:
How does it work?
Professional indemnity insurance works by protecting a business or professional from the financial consequences of legal action. Professional indemnity [...]
All you need to know about professional indemnity insurance for home workers
66 months ago
by Judy
in Home business
Today’s guest post is by specialist insurance broker ConstructaQuote:
What is professional indemnity insurance?
Professional indemnity insurance is the invisible hand that steadies the ship in troubled waters. One of the most important types of business insurance, professional indemnity ensures [...]
What happens when a liability claim is filed against your home business?
27 months ago
Today’s guest post by Staveley Head explains the background and process of a liability claim:
With the dot com boom of the oughties, and websites such as eBay and Amazon Marketplace, the number of people who decided to develop their own home business grew as distribution and payment methods became [...]
Public liability insurance for home businesses
89 months ago
by Judy
in Home business
Today MoneySupermarket.com continue their occasional series with a post on public liability insurance:
However successful a home business, there’s always that worry at the back of your mind that something could go wrong. Public liability insurance can help mitigate that worry.
If you use your [...]
5 steps to your perfect garden office
1011 months ago
The long days of summer tempt many home workers outside when the weather is good, and maybe make you think you’d like to work outside your house whatever the weather. Today’s guest post is from Policy Expert, the insurance specialists:
‘A garden office could be an attractive and practical option [...]
What has KPI ever done for me?
711 months ago
I recently ‘completed’ Daniel Priestley’s KPI programme – I say ‘completed’ because I certainly don’t feel the learning and companionship of the programme are over, and luckily for me, it seems Daniel doesn’t either, judging by the events he continues to put on for ‘former’ KPIs.
Having written [...]
Home working in Greece
431 year ago
Today’s guest post is by Kalliopi and Diona, an electrical and computer engineer and freelance translator, two work-at-home Greek mothers who got to know each other online. Finding out that they were both working from home, they decided to join forces and create a blog, Mammas Work At Home, [...]
Home office on the move
191 year ago
A and I will be moving to another rental property next week, uprooting our two home offices once again in our fourth move in less than three years. The plan when we sold up in Cornwall and moved back to Somerset was to find a rented house where we could stay till we were ready to buy again. [...]
Thank you!
71 year ago
Before launching into today’s post, I just want to say a heartfelt thank you for the amazing response to my recent message about The BIG Jelly. When I told Fay, one of the other organisers, that I was blogging about it, she said, ‘Excellent, we’ll cover the UK by teatime!’ but so many of you RTed [...]
What your insurer needs to know about your home business
51 year ago
by Judy
in Home business
A few months ago Moneysupermarket.com followed up some comments here on the blog by writing a guest post on how working from home affects your insurance. Today they explain what an insurer needs to know about your home business when you’re looking for cover:
‘So you have decided to be your own [...]
Please can you lovely home workers help me spread the word about The BIG Jelly?
511 year ago
The BIG Jelly is now only two months away, on Friday 25 March, and it’s high time I told you what’s happening.
The BIG Jelly was the idea of Jan Minihane, my Jelly friend and the founder of Shropshire Jelly, who was so thrilled at the collaborations that came out of her local Jellys that she [...]
January home office detox
151 year ago
After Christmas and New Year most people are in the mood for less food and drink, less socialising and less activity in January. We look ahead over a new, blank year and plan how to cultivate better habits and fulfill our dreams. Why not spend a little time at the start of the year slimming down [...]
What’s mine is yours…?
51 year ago
At the moment I’m staying in a flat in west London in a spacious room with a comfortable bed made up with crisp white linen, a TV, free wifi and access to a kitchen. The Hammersmith & City line is at the end of the road and the Central line an easy walk away. The new Westfield shopping centre is [...]
Blogging for technophobe home workers
111 year ago
I’ve been blogging for almost two years now, sometimes every day, sometimes sporadically, and I’ve read quite a few of those ‘how to’ and ‘what not to do’ articles. Or at least I’ve tried to read them and usually got lost or bored part way in and given up.
The trouble with blogging is that to [...]
