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Melbourne business says yes to kids at work

The rush to get everyone ready and out of the house each day can be stressful when you’ve got little kids – not to mention the financial stress that comes with childcare costs.

Gina Baldassarre · 2 min
Entrepreneur

Mumpreneur bringing ease to family travel

A Melbourne nurse turned ‘mumpreneur’ has franchised her business, making travelling with young children just that little bit easier.

Gina Baldassarre · 2 min
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Working mothers need more flexibility

Over 95 of workers believe women need greater flexibility with hours and location in order to return to work, new research has revealed.

Gina Baldassarre · 2 min
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Candace Bushnell is coming to Australia

Hold on to your Jimmy Choos – Candace Bushnell, the woman behind Carrie Bradshaw herself, is coming to Australia for a five-city business tour.

Gina Baldassarre · 2 min
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Why Australian bloggers are good for small businesses

In this guest post for Dynamic Business, Louisa Claire from Brand Meets Blog looks at why SMEs should be connecting with Australian bloggers to grow their business.

Louisa Claire · 2 min
Entrepreneur

How the demands of being a mum drove the birth of a global publicity service

It was day 273 (week 39) of what seemed like a never-ending second pregnancy, and Rebecca was trying to finish off the last of her client work before taking a few weeks off. Unfortunately, that was all she could manage with a growing client base and ever increasing ‘to do’ list.

Natalie Tsirimokos · 2 min
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Motherhood and small business: how will it work?

Hot on the heels of this week’s Pru Goward and Jackie O controversy, business owner Fleur Madden-Topley shares her forthright views on running a business vs. running a household. Just last week she and her husband were told they can adopt a baby from Korea following a three-year wait.

Fleur Madden-Topley · 2 min
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Mums working part time have the healthiest kids

New research conducted by the University of New England (UNE) has found that mothers who work part-time raise healthier children than both those who work full-time and stay-at-home mums. In the study of more than 4500 Australian pre-schoolers, the UNE study found that kids of part-time mums were eating less junk food, watched less television […]

David Olsen · 2 min