We are interviewing real working mothers, those who have found a way to successfully run their own business and manage their family commitments. As you’ll see, everyone manages differently.
We hope that by sharing their stories, we can inspire you in your own start up and business journey.
Our series so far includes:
Solicitor Florence Brocklesby, who left her City law background to set up her own firm.
Fashion Designer, Laura Bonnell, a fashion designer who set up her own childrenswear band – and moved countries!
Nadine Brandt, who left her successful City career to follow her life-long love of photography and become a professional photographer.
Whether you are meeting a client, a colleague, or a friend, these meeting places provide the perfect setting.
Nadine Brandt, mother of two, left her corporate career of 15 years in Asset Management, to follow her passion for photography.
Fashion designer, Laura Bonnell, is Mum to two young boys. In 2016, her family sold their London flat, packed their worldly possessions into a 20-foot shipping container and flew to California to start a new life.
Feeling stressed? Not enough hours in the day? Life seems to be increasingly busy for most people, and working parents often feel under pressure from both work and home.
Florence Brocklesby is a solicitor, entrepreneur and mother of three. With a background in the City, she launched a specialist employment and litigation law firm, Bellevue Law, after her children were born.
Net-a-Porter founder, Natalie Rooney was born in Los Angeles on 13 May 1965, to American journalist and film publicist Bob Rooney, and Barbara Jones, a British model with Chanel.
Jo Lesley Malone was born in 1963, and grew up on a Council Estate in Bexleyheath, Kent. She is dyslexic, and struggled at school, leaving with no qualifications.
Victoria Rennoldson is the founder of Perfect Cuppa English, an English language consultancy service for individuals, which helps expats with bespoke English language and British Culture courses.
Nadine Brandt, mother of two, left her corporate career of 15 years in Asset Management, to follow her passion for photography.
Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock MBE, is an award-winning British Space Scientist and Science Educator.
Fashion designer, Laura Bonnell, is Mum to two young boys. In 2016, her family sold their London flat, packed their worldly possessions into a 20-foot shipping container and flew to California to start a new life.
Anna works in finance and re-entered after a five-year career break via a returnship programme.
Jane Hatfield is the Chief Executive of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), a professional membership body for doctors and nurses who work in sexual and reproductive health.
Florence Brocklesby is a solicitor, entrepreneur and mother of three. With a background in the City, she launched a specialist employment and litigation law firm, Bellevue Law, after her children were born.
June Muriel Brown – best known for her role as Dot Cotton on long-running BBC Soap EastEnders – was born in Suffolk, on 16 February 1927, the second of five children.
In 2016 , Jayaben Desai was named as one of the top seven women in the BBC Radio4 Woman’s Hour Power List to have had the greatest impact on British Women’s lives in the past 70 years.
Net-a-Porter founder, Natalie Rooney was born in Los Angeles on 13 May 1965, to American journalist and film publicist Bob Rooney, and Barbara Jones, a British model with Chanel.
Three useful (and perhaps surprising) tips for job searching in the UK
Whether you are meeting a client, a colleague, or a friend, these meeting places provide the perfect setting.
Three Useful (and Perhaps Surprising) Tips for Job Searching in the UK
Have you made any career resolutions during lockdown? Perhaps you’ve decided to change jobs or change careers, or perhaps you’ve decided it is time to restart your career.
Everyone needs a new LinkedIn photo. From extensive research we’ve conducted over the past few years, we believe this to be almost universally true*.
As a career coach, I often get asked by my clients whether having a LinkedIn profile is really necessary. It’s funny how they always say “really”, usually accompanied by a slight wince.
If you have taken a career break for any reason, it can be difficult to know how to show it on your CV.
While relaxing on your deckchair this Summer (or perhaps more likely, while madly chasing your kids around the pool with the suncream) did you come up with some plans for what you’d do work-wise when the holidays were over?
Our local online parenting group had an interesting thread recently: a working mum was asking for advice about how to manage a potential career break.
Nadine Brandt, mother of two, left her corporate career of 15 years in Asset Management, to follow her passion for photography.
If you are planning to return to work this year, before you do anything else, please read about these three mistakes I regularly see being made.
With the year end fast approaching, this is a time of year when most of us have moments of feeling completely overwhelmed.
Fashion designer, Laura Bonnell, is Mum to two young boys. In 2016, her family sold their London flat, packed their worldly possessions into a 20-foot shipping container and flew to California to start a new life.
Feeling stressed? Not enough hours in the day? Life seems to be increasingly busy for most people, and working parents often feel under pressure from both work and home.
We’re tickled pink that our Career Expert, Kath Sloggett, has been invited by the lovely folk at Bubele to contribute regularly to The Bubele Edit.
Anna works in finance and re-entered after a five-year career break via a returnship programme.
Jane Hatfield is the Chief Executive of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH), a professional membership body for doctors and nurses who work in sexual and reproductive health.