Last year I was asked to be a guest speaker at the launch of a Leicestershire-based charity, Giving World Online, who put businesses in the UK in touch with charities who can take their unwanted business surplus stock or equipment and redistribute it to those in need. The charity has been a fantastic success and the founders Rama and Sujata have just been given the Leicestershire Woman in the Community Award at the Leicestershire Women of Achievement Awards 2009 – well done Rama and Sujata! It was great to meet everyone and I was thrilled to be able to speak there and talk about how businesses can be more ethical in the products they well and how recycling can keep business waste out of landfill. It’s the first time I’ve spoken in front of so many people so I was a bit wobbly at first, but hopefully this video will interest you if you want to know about green business, or recycling!

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I’ve been chosen as a Finalist for the Mum-entrepreneur award at the Women’s Business Conference in Birmingham this Friday. They say that ‘this award is for any mother who has established a unique and growing business whilst bringing up a family’ and I’m very excited at being among the finalists. I think these prizes do reflect the growing numbers of mothers who are starting up their own businesses because they are frustrated (as I was) by the fact that having a conventional career forces you to work long hours and see your family life suffer (and of course pay a large proportion of what you earn on childcare) while freelancing or working part time means you have little financial security. I don’t think I’d rule out returning to full time paid employment in the future, if I found something as rewarding to do, but I do love the freedom and the ability to be flexible about childcare that working for myself gives me.

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I have a special offer at the moment for Noami Dean’s Spin Tables at £55 each or £100 for a pair, which is £70 off the original price: they’re lovely modern designs made out of recycled office furniture. These limited edition tables are the last left of this model and there are only five remaining!

The Spin Table is a compact coffee table that offers magazine, book and DVD storage and has castors for easy maneuverability. The Spin Table can be used in pairs to create a larger table and offers numerous configurations of storage. 44 x 44 x 32cm high.

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Hi, Father’s Day is June 21st this year, so you might want to take note of the fact that Twisted Twee’s perennially popular Pint and Half Pint T shirts are now available in Purple (Pint T shirt for Dad) and Pebble (Half Pint T shirt for Baby). These gorgeous T shirts are perfect for a trip to the pub, park or just hanging around at home for Dad and Son and both are printed in organic inks in the UK (the Son T shirt is also 100% organic cotton). Also a great gift for a new dad and baby!

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