I’ve been watching The Apprentice with my husband. It’s one of his favourite programmes. I enjoy watching the challenges they’re set, but don’t like the aggressive Boardroom bit so much. One thing I do like is the way Alan Sugar draws parallels with his early market trading days to contemporary business sense, such as, ‘smell what’s selling’ (meaning notice what …

I always remember a story I read about a wealthy man who had spent years growing his successful business. Then one day he lost everything. It was devastating but…

It’s that time of year again. I’m looking forward to a lovely break. I’ll be making art, spending time with family and reading lots of books. How about you? I’ll also be taking time to review my year in depth. I do this every year, usually in conversation with my husband Peter. I recently asked members of my monthly co-working …

Could you do with some extra cash? I’m sharing this story partly in case it’s helpful to anyone here who’s struggling with cash flow right now. Also, there are several insights here that any of us can be inspired by. So, my creative-thinking, 76-year-old mother has casually made over £2,000 worth of sales via Facebook Marketplace in bursts of time …

I’m noticing that a lot more people are dealing with a mental slump than before the new year. Of course it’s understandable. Even with the light that is the new vaccine, Covid is still dragging on and on. It’s tough… I won’t sugar-coat it, the Covid impacts can be tough… …if you live alone …if you’ve lost a loved one …

I like to continuously improve all aspects of my business. I call it ‘tweaking’. There are so many things I want to do that it can sometimes feel overwhelming. But

Beautiful August is here and that’s when I like to throw in just a tad more fiction too. Normally at this time of year I ‘nom-nom’ my way