Now for the first time ever there is something that would make me move back to Auckland - “Meat and three veg”.
This is the answer when you want to eat well and are too busy to cook. Committed to using fresh local produce and making all the meals from scratch this is going to be the most healthiest nourishing take out you could buy.
Alana is a great friend who has always been passionate about food. After a couple of years of thinking and dreaming about how she could have a successful, sustainable business that would feed, nurture and support her customer the brand “meat and three veg” was created.
So if yo want delicious, fresh, real, yummy and affordable food it is easy MEAT AND THREE VEGE
Mum’s the word in this office
Flirted with getting a job
Business consultant Angela Beatson meets plenty of women just like her. She believes Tauranga women are creating their own incomes because of a lack of jobs and creative industry in the city.
There’s not enough businesses helping these women. I think there’s probably a lot of women like myself, who are mums with a couple of kids. They probably had very successful jobs before they moved here, so they have gone ‘let’s try it’.
“People think, what have I got to lose? I can’t get a job, I don’t want to work in retail or at the bank or at the port or council, so what do I really want to do?”
Angela had always been an entrepreneur, and owned a recruitment agency in Auckland.
After moving to Tauranga and selling up, she briefly flirted with getting a job, but lasted just four weeks before deciding she was better off on her own.
As mum to Taylor, 7, and Kaia, 5, there are huge advantages to being her own boss.
“If they have something on and I want to be there, I can.
“If they are sick, I can just stop and look after my babies. I don’t leave my clients in the lurch, but I work out what is there that needs to be done today.”
Sick leave is a big issue for working mums in conventional jobs, says Angela. “I watch the stress that comes on my friends who are employed, and get five sick days a year and four weeks’ annual leave.”
Angela is also a director of RPMs, a business she runs with husband Nelson. The couple juggle childcare between them, with Angela packing as much as she can into the time the girls are at school. She also works weekends and nights.
There are other challenges: money can be an issue, and the couple recently sold their house to get rid of the high overhead of a mortgage.
“There’s a huge amount of freedom, but there’s no security and consistency with your finances. You never know what you are going to bring in and how or when. That can be really hard.”
Working from home also means it’s difficult to escape your work. But all things considered, being a mumpreneur is the best thing for this businesswoman.
“Owning your own business feels like you are living, you are making your own choices.”
Hi Gorgeous,
Thank you so very much for thinking about me and inviting me to your gorgeous get together. Regrettably I won’t be able to make it, but I’d at least like to take this opportunity to say thank you for your contribution towards making Pet Partners so unique; and to congratulate you on the wonderful development of One Good Idea.
One of the most powerful things you told me, that I carry with me always, was…
“Whatever you do, make sure it looks and feels beautiful, that way you’ll always be remembered”
I hope I’m staying true to that sentiment and thank you for sharing it…
Wishing you all a truly happy and dazzling evening!
Love Debs x
DEBORAH BODGER
PET PARTNERS LIMITED
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One Good Idea has been working with Anna and Nan to manage the business brand story, the brand design by Hubcreative, the website design by Huiadesign ready for the launch and opening. www.thecardiacclinic.co.nz
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas time.
Laura Ingalls Wilder
On Tuesday 13th October, the Tauranga Her Business Network were entertained and inspired by Allison Mooney the author of “pressing the right buttons”. Allison helped us identify our personality and then unfolded some very interesting facts which were both amazing and accurate. The most important message was to identify the personalities of people we are in relationships with to help with the lines of communication.
If you ever get the opportunity to hear Allison Mooney speak DON’T MISS IT! Thanks Allison for the knowledge and the book.
PURCHASE THE 2010 CALENDAR
AND SUPPORT THE TAURANGA WOMEN’S REFUGE
All Sale proceeds go to Tauranga Women’s Refuge
Available from: Paper Plus stores, Creative Tauranga,
Tauranga Art Gallery, Zohar - Mt Maunganui,
Pacifica Garden Centre and Cafe.
The best project I have worked on in the last three months is about to be launched…I am so excited!
Shapeshifters is a new concept to not “dieting”. It is about exercising and nutrition. As I am currently working towards my new lifestyle of nutrition I can totally recommend you contact Nicky…www.shapeshifters.co.nz
