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Thoughts on what the coalition means for mumpreneurs

Author Antonia Chitty www.acpr.co.uk

In their document, The Coalition: our programme for Government, the Lib-Con leaders share their plans for the next few years. If you think that you will find the key to what will happen for mums running businesses in this document, though, you are likely to be disappointed. The document like all the party manifestoes is big on aims and headlines. What you don’t get is details on how and when. Bearing that in mind, here are some aims and promises.

What’s coming up for Business:

A review of small business tax is promised.  If your business depends on the post to get products to the customers, you’ll welcome and injection of capital into the Royal Mail: this is going to be private capital rather than state funding.

There is a headline promise to maximise flexibility and fairness for employers and employees:  This could be interpreted in different ways depending on your viewpoint so, if you’re hoping to be able to work more flexibly, start speaking to your employer soon as current legislation on flexible work is as good as it has ever been,  If you are a ’social tenant’ - living in council housing - the coalition plan to end the ban on social tenants starting businesses in their own homes.

Headline Promises for Families:

In their policy document, the Coalition is supporting the provision of free nursery care for pre-school children.  It is aiming to “take Sure Start back to its original purpose of early intervention, increase its focus on the neediest families”, and will be paying for 4,200 extra Sure Start health visitors. At this point in time, that’s all you’re getting… but considering they have put this together over the last two weeks that is perhaps unsurprising.  Almost every point will have been debasted between the Liberal Democrats and Conservative teams, and that debate will be continuing behind closed doors for the duration of this Parliament.  I’ll be watching the legislation changes and will keep you informed at   www.familyfriendlyworking.co.uk  about how the new coalition Government is likely to affect you, your family and your business.

 

Antonia Chitty, PR Consultant and Author. www.themumpreneurguide.co.uk

The Mumpreneur Guide can help mums who want to start a usiness and those with growing businesses through the Start Your Own Business Book, Blog, Mentoring and e-courses.  Antonia Chitty says, “It’s great to be going to the biggest baby show in the area: there’s nothing like talking to mums in business and those thinking of starting up for leaving me feeling really inspired.”  If you need some business advice, make sure you visit Antonia at the Mumpreneur Guide stand, part of the Mums in Biz Mumpreneur area, at the Brighton Baby Expo.

 

Mi Bewick Photography: www.mibewick.co.uk

Family/Children/Baby Portraits 

Small Feet and Cheeky smiles - don’t let them go! Hove based photographer and mum Mi Bewick will catch them for you, in studio, at home or on location.

Catherine Taylor, Sweetheart Knits. www.sweetheart.co.uk

Hand-Knitting just like granny made - 

Inspired  by granny’s knitting and some of her patterns - we offer baby and children’s clothes (newborn to 4 years) that are beautifully soft, bright, practical and a little different that rekindle childhoods gone by.  Fabulous knitted shoes and bootees (hearts, pirates, princess and bumble bee).  Gorgeous hats with Pom poms and mittens with string,. Jumpers with pirates, tank tops with dinosaurs.  Start a lifelong passion of hand-knitted clothes with a mother and baby gift box, ideal for baby shower gifts.  All our granny knitters are British and very excited to be knitting for the next generation.  www.sweetheartknits.co.uk

 

Jenny Barratt Baby Black www.babyblack.co.uk

‘Babyblack’ offers soft black baby grows made from certified Organic cotton which is grown in India by Farmers who are part of a development project.  The garments are made by a partner factory which operates sustainably with fair wages and labour practice. The SUPERNATURAL kids clothing’ range consists of dresses, leggings and T Shirts made by the same organisation in India.  These Clothes are made using a mix of 50% Organic cotton and 50% Modal which is a silky soft regenerated cellulose fiber produced from sustainably farmed beech wood.

For more information please visit our websites at

www.babyblack.co.uk and www.supernaturalkidsclothing.co.uk

 Please see below for a full list of the Mib exhibitors in the BabyExpo.

	Jo Wise	Jo Wise Photography	www.jowise.com
	Catherine Taylor	SweetHeart Knits	www.sweetheartknits.co.uk
	Claudine Sinnett	Organic Monkey	www.organicmonkey.co.uk
	Jennie Samarasighe	Your  Doc Medical	www.yourdocmedical.co.uk
	Susan Lightfoot	Families Magazine	www.familiesonline.co.uk
	Karen Lawson	Carrie Lawson	www.carrielawson.com
	Heidi Crawford	Organic Monkey	www.organicmonkey.co.uk
	Antonia Chitty	ACPR	www.acpr.co.uk
	Mi Bewick	Mi Bewick Photography	www.mibewick.co.uk
	Jenny Barrett	Baby Black	www.babyblack.co.uk

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