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HomeWorker Magazine News!

Today is a very special day for Nexus Publishing. After almost 6 months of very late nights the first issue of HomeWorker magazine is complete. All the features, news and reviews are now locked into the magazine’s pages.
Phase 2 now begins were I look for advertisers to take ad space in the first issue. […]

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Visualise Your Year

I don’t know about you, but I have used a year planner for well, years. I had used ordinary bound desk diaries, but I found it hard to visualise the year as a whole. A friend suggested a wall planner as the obvious solution, and a superb piece of advice that was.
The year planner enables […]

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Your Business Channel

I just saw Emma Jones’ latest post on Enterprise Nation about Your Business Channel. Its a business portal like no other as it is based on video content and not simply text-based features. Even a quick look at the site reveals masses of information that you could spend hours watching. If you want to keep […]

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Flexible working still a barrier for employees

There may well be millions of homeworkers across the planet, but it seems that employers are still reluctant to embrace this kind of working. In the UK we have enhanced flexibility legislation, but this is only for specific groups of workers. For everyone else that would like to work more flexible hours, employers are not […]

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Shedworking Insight

On the HomeOffice Warrior website you’ll find some pics of Alex Johnson’s office. Alex is the undisputed king of shedworking with his blog becoming a mecca for all shed dwellers. Alex will also be writing a regular column in my forthcoming magazine for all homeworkers.
If you like to see the home offices of other homeworkers […]

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Enterprise Nation Book Launch London

 
Emma Jones the founder of Enterprise Nation and the author of Spare Room Start Up recently launched her book in london. From the photos that are on her website it looks like there was a great turn out. If you aren’t aware of Emma’s new book, checkout my full review and don’t forget to order […]

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New look for Freelance UK

I just noticed that Freelance UK’s website has had a radical makeover. The new design looks great. The site has always been a good source of help and advice for the freelance community. They also have the Freelance Alliance that you can sign up for that the site describes as a: ‘network for media and […]

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The Pursuit of Meaning

An interesting piece in the Work supplement of the Guardian this weekend. Stephen Overell who is the associate director at the Work Foundation and the author of Rise of Meaningful Work looked at the subject of how meaningful work is to all of us in the 21st century.
At the moment many people continue to be […]

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HomeWorkers Surf More Porn!

New research from ScanSafe has revealed that people that work from home have a higher propensity to visit websites that are of how can be put this – dodgy repute. It would seem that homeworkers are five times more likely to visit these sites than our office-bound cousins. How revealing are your bookmarks?

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Understanding Working from Home Guide

The latest in BT’s ‘understanding’ guides is now available as a free download. The timing couldn’t be better as today is work from home day that is part of the Work Wise UK week. The guide gives some good advice, so if you’re thinking of joining the ranks of homeworkers, have a read as the […]

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