Having racked your brains for weeks to find the perfect home business idea there can be a sense of elation when you finally decide this is it - I’ve found my big idea. The excitement can soon evaporate however when you’re faced with the next challenge - actually turning the idea into a real live [...]

Running a home based business doesn’t suit everyone, so before you get all excited about the latest home business opportunity you’ve found please take a moment to browse through the following list of pros and cons of running a business from home.

Pros:

You get to spend more time with your family.
It’s a great way to bootstrap [...]

Working from home can be wonderful because you are always there if needed by the children… and can be frustrating because you are always there if needed by the children.
Sheridan and I run a publication called The Family Grapevine. It is a phonebook for local families and is paid for by selling advertising. We have [...]

Last week was my home business ideas week during which, in response to a number of emails asking for some business ideas and opportunities and that can be run from home, I’ve been posting a daily home business idea. The ideas were:

Music Teacher

Home Cooked Food

Life Coaching

Virtual Assistants

Business Mentor

Recruitment Consultant

Becoming A Childminder

Childminding is an industry largely made up of small businesses based at home. Most full-time childminding work is looking after babies and children under five. As a childminder you may also look after older children in the mornings before school, after school and during the school holidays. You will be responsible for providing a warm, [...]

Finding the right people to employ is a problem for most businesses. It’s a big problem for those businesses that need highly skilled or specialist workers for example those in the tech industry. Because of this many employers hire external consultants to find and short list suitable candidates. Typically businesses expect to pay fees of [...]

As being an entrepreneur becomes more and more socially acceptable, thanks in part the the increase in reality TV shows about business, more and more people are taking the leap and starting their own businesses. Many business owners while being exceptionally technically competent when it comes to their product or service lack the fundamental business [...]

If you’re organised, smart, capable and willing to work to deadlines, you could start your own virtual assistant business. A virtual assistant is essentially an administrative assistant who works in a virtual capacity. Essentially this means that you run your own business, operated remotely from your home (or office) for one or more clients. You [...]

A Life Coach is someone who will help you set clear goals for achieving the life you want. Having helped you to identify these goals, a life coach will help you to prioritise them and will enable you to believe that they really are achievable.
Life coaching in the UK is not currently regulated, there are [...]

If cooking is your forte there’s nothing to stop you producing your own range of home cooked foods. Anything from preparing homemade jams and puddings through to providing premium home made “microwave meals” can and has been done.
It’s a tried and tested business opportunity, there are dozens if not hundreds of well known food brands [...]