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Business Mums and Gingerlily

Two things that strike me about mums and / or the parenting game, and that's the resourcefulness, creativity and entrepreneurship that motherhood sparks in women. (err that three things?...) So many women start and create their own businesses or work freelance / part -time once they have children, in my own case it is hands down for the better hours and work life balance. A recent BBC documentary looked at why women now out number men when you count who is a millionaire and who isn't. Amongst other experts and female millionaires who fed into the programme, Nicola Horlick commented that one of the reasons for this is the the spark that motherhood gives to women who want to earn well and even earn more, but not sacrifice the home life with the children (see some of Nicola's books here http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/026-6721203-5638025)

With all this in mind, the company Gingerlily http://www.gingerlily.co.uk/Content/Home.aspx recently featured in another of my London favourites Homes and Property supplement from The Evening Standard. Set up by Deborah Fiddy and Celina Ong, both mums decided to go into business together *from home* and can and do fit business around the school run and bedtimes for their children. The product is luxurious - silk filled duvets, ultra light-weight, ultra warm in the winter, equally cool in the summer, naturally hypoallergenic, with a children's range now, silk sheets and, silk filled pillows and duvet covers. An amazing product, a successful company and again initiative and drive of mums who want to raise their children and be successful in a way that is in balance with their motherhood. Have a look http://www.gingerlily.co.uk/Content/Home.aspx Enjoy.

posted by AS @ 10:45 PM