http://www.the-home-business.co.uk Work at home and see your kids grow up. Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:43:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just read a good article here about avoiding falling into a freelancer stereotype of getting up at noon and only working when a deadline looms. I'm pretty sure that most freelancers probably work harder for themselves than they would if being paid by "the man". http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2008/01/22/avoiding-freelancer-setreotypes/ Just read a nice article about structuring your hours when working at home. Everyone's situation is a little different, so chances are that standard 9-5 hours are rarely going to apply to you when working from home. The article is giving good advice when it tells you to plan your ... http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2008/01/21/structuring-your-work-at-home-hours/ An article on Personnel Today cites a report recently released suggesting 22% of employees would be willing to take a pay-cut in order to work from home. I can understand that - the costs of running an extra car for commuting and parking costs make a significant dent in a ... http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2008/01/17/take-a-pay-cut-to-work-at-home/ Read an interesting article today about the downsides to working at home - tenseness with your partner, isolation, not knowing when to take a break?!? etc. Worth a look http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2008/01/09/some-downsides-to-working-from-home/ In the run-up to Christmas I was amazed at the number of people in the post-office sending off dozens of parcels with decidedly ebay-like address labels. I live in a small town and it must be empowering for people to make a bit of extra money by selling through the ... http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2008/01/03/ebay-causing-post-office-queues/ Here's one great advantage to working at home. Powernaps. Unless you've got  a private office at work and someone to guard the door, you're never going to be able to kip through the day. If you're working at home though, powernaps are not just an advantage, but they can help improve ... http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2007/05/24/work-at-home-advantages-powernaps/ Nice interview on about.com about working at home with a disability. The interviewee is Jenni Prokopy who writes a site called chronicbabe.com and talks about how working at home as a disabled writer can help you succeed in a big way. http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2007/05/22/work-at-home-with-a-disability/ People doing it know all about it, but now the Guardian has an article on how homeworkers are often more productive than their office counterparts. Keen not to be seen as skivers or layabouts, homeworkers regularly and consistently get through more work at home than in the office. So if you're ... http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2007/05/22/get-through-more-work-at-home-than-in-the-office/ An article in Business High Street reports how major insurance company Cornhill are encouraging people who work from home to make sure they are adequately insured, whether they are working for a company, or self employed. Apparently the self employed are much more likely to be under-insured and should consider ... http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2007/05/17/home-workers-need-to-check-their-insurance/ There is a plan afoot in Whitchurch, Hampshire to enable residents to work from home more. One of the things that many people find troublesome about working from home is finding the right place to work from where they wont be disturbed by the kids during phoen calls, or just a ... http://www.the-home-business.co.uk/2007/05/16/work-from-home-plan-for-whitchurch-hampshire/