UK’S MUMPRENEURS ARE THRIVING
Monday, January 5th, 2009–Winners from the BT Business Essence of the Entrepreneur competition prove that successful businesses are bucking the trend–
Two businesses established by mums specifically catering for parents and families are amongst the 20 winners of BT Business’s Essence of the Entrepreneur competition. Holiday Nanny, based in Lincolnshire, provides families with a properly qualified and vetted nanny for their holiday. Since starting the company in 2007, founder Nicola Grant has grown it enormously, and now works with over 140 different families and many top travel companies including Kuoni, Cadogan Holidays and Elegant Resorts. NetMums, based in Middlesex, was founded in 2002 by three mums and provides an online yet localised community for parents and families completely free of charge. It currently has over half a million users. Both these businesses are committed to making life easier for families, and creating networks for parents to talk and share ideas through experience. (more…)


This is an excellent opportunity for a small business to get valuable free advice from leading experts and draw on the skills of influential entrepreneur Peter Jones and senior executives from within the BT Business Senior Management Team. The mentors will be able to demonstrate the diverse skill set needed to run and manage a successful business and deliver bespoke mentoring to businesses. 
A new website offers a “laugh-laden smorgasbord” of free help, advice, guidance, motivation and inspiration for anyone already running a business or thinking of setting one up. The person behind EnterpriseCafe.tv is Iain Scott, who continues to cause consternation in the enterprise world by claiming you don’t need a business plan to start up a business.
Do you see entering for business awards as an important part of your marketing strategy? Results of a survey released today show that industry awards really do make a difference, with business decision makers admitting to being swayed by awards and accreditations.