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Is it too risky to employ young women?

Is it too risky to employ young women?

“It’s too risky to employ young women” In my last blog I talked about the stereotypes which might affect the chances of women being employed or promoted in the workplace. Let’s examine for a moment the reluctance to employ young women in case they get pregnant, or in case they have time off to look [...]

Keep Calm and Carry On

Keep Calm and Carry On

This wonderfully sensible motto caught my eye through one of those “Disaster Movies sponsored by…” trailers and I rather like it. Created in 1939 by the British government, with over 2 million posters printed and ready for distribution in the event of invasion, to remind the British to do just that - Keep Calm and Carry [...]

The blogwatcher – Great Content is not King.

The blogwatcher – Great Content is not King.

Like most things in life, I am late to blogging. When other business people were blogging their thoughts and interests and becoming citizen journalists, I was busy starting my second family. Image by Getty Images via Daylife A dear friend and a person that dishes out good advice one referred to me as a blog [...]

In Her Shoes

In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell

In her shoes is a series  of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]

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