Mums who can juggle running their own business with family life

An ever growing number of mothers are setting up their own businesses instead of going back into employment to enjoy more quality time at home, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

FOR mums of fussy eaters, she’s a life-saver. Now, baby food guru Annabel Karmel is targeting the burgeoning market of women who want to hit the business world while raising a family.

In Britain, the number of self-employed women is rising at nearly three times the rate of men. Here, it’s similar. More than 64,000 women were self-employed in quarter three last year — seven percent of the total female work force and an increase of 10,000 on 2012 figures.