by Georgi Rollings | 6th October 2012 | Women in business, Working from home
Sage launched its new Sage Business Experts Programme just over a week ago with the intent of creating a group of business people to support and advise UK businesses via social media. I was delighted to be asked to be part of this programme, and to join others such as...
by Georgi Rollings | 2nd September 2012 | Self assessment, Sole trader, Start ups, Uncategorized, Women in business, Working from home
September is here, with a reminder that autumn is approaching, and children are going back to school. Its at this time of year that a lot of mums start thinking about what they are going to do, and how they are going to fit it around their children. Even once children...
by Georgi Rollings | 26th August 2012 | Start ups, Women in business
This week’s post has been inspired by my husband and my brother in law, who are cycling from Reading to Lands End to raise money for Help the Heroes and Cancer Research. Today was their first day of five, and I’m very proud of them both – and hope...
by Georgi Rollings | 12th August 2012 | Business Planning, Sole trader, Start ups, Women in business
One of the consistent themes I’ve found from talking to early stage businesses is that people don’t put a value on their time. An artist pricing their art worries about recovering the cost of materials, but doesn’t consider how many hours each piece...
by Georgi Rollings | 14th July 2012 | Women in business, Working from home
I have to admit I had a bit of a smug moment a couple of months ago thinking about the summer holidays. I don’t need to worry about the girls having 6 weeks off school – they’re only 2, and will carry on going to their lovely childminder over the...
by Georgi Rollings | 1st April 2012 | Sole trader, Start ups, Women in business, Working from home
Recently I’ve found myself in the happy situation of having too much work. I’m very definitely not complaining, but in some ways its been getting a bit much! I spend far too many evenings locked in my office with a bar of chocolate, and far too little...