Working 5 to 9

Filament Magazine

Increasing numbers of women are starting their own businesses, often around a full-time job and family life. Isabel Robson finds out how they do it. Illustrations by Michelle Shepley.

Working in ...

Motivating Mum UK

There are over 5 million people doing it and it?s a handy way of working for Mums and women wanting to ease out of employment and into self-employment.

We?re talking about ?Working 5 to 9? which ...

HSBS Business Matters

Between 2008 and 2009 the number of people working from home or in their spare time rose by 142 per cent. Gwen Howell is part of a growing trend of entrepreneurs dubbed 5-9ers, who start working on ...

Ooh.com Blog

We love supporting small businesses on Ooh.com, and we love hearing about people who run craft courses from their living rooms or cooking lessons in their kitchens.

Over at Enterprise Nation, a ...

Moan About Men

There are over 5 million people doing it and a book ...

... (including a profile of Moanaboutmen founders, Sue and Angie) has been written to help many more follow in their footsteps. We?re ...

Mioomi.com

Emma Jones is founder and editor of Enterprise Nation (www.enterprisenation.com), the home business website, and has started two businesses herself from home offices in London, Manchester and rural ...

Guardian

If you are one of the rising number of people working part-time, earn some extra cash in dog walking or rampant veg growing

Happy days are here again ? or so you might assume from a recent wave of ...

Flybe Uncovered

Turning pastimes into pounds

Tired of the corporate grind? Why not put the fun back into work by making your hobby pay instead? We meet some people who have done just that, and show you how you ...

The Weekly News

Business is booming for ?5 to 9 brigade?
by John Barrett

DOLLY PARTON famously complained about working 9 to 5 in the song of the same name. Well, an ever-increasing number of us are working 5 to ...

Financial Times

Quitting the rat race to start your own business might not the best route for every professional, according to two new books on the topic. Some people could be better off making more of their day job ...

Director Magazine

Emma Jones is founder of online community Enterprise Nation, a well-respected resource for anyone running a home business. She is therefore expert at combining the domestic and the entrepreneurial. ...

My Wonderful Life Coach

We?re talking SERIOUS BUSINESS here! Don?t ever let anyone tell you that spare time (or home based for that matter) business isn?t serious! (for serious read IMPORTANT, VITAL for you, your family, ...

Mums The Blog

No ? you haven?t misread the title ? it really is Working 5 to 9 ? How to Start a Business in your spare time by Emma Jones, founder of the home business website Enterprise Nation and author of the ...

Enterprise UK Blog

Working 5 to 9 and making sense of business
June 3rd, 2010

Entrepreneurship needs to be firmly at the heart of our future economy and people with business ideas need the inspiration to take them ...

Bournemouth Echo

It's hard to believe that this time last year, 5-9ers didn?t officially exist. They were out there but no one had identified what is taking place in a staggering 20 million British homes every ...

Shrophire Star

Shropshire entrepreneurs have been turning their passions into money-making ventures, as Amy Bould discovered.

Walking into a Shrewsbury book launch in heels and a smart suit, Gwen Howell looks ...

Murray Newlands Blog

Emma Jones is the founder of the home business website Enterprise Nation and well know speaker on startups and entrepreneurship. In addition to all that Emma is quite a writer; in her latest book ...

Start Up Donut

Entrepreneurs who have started a business in their spare time can get advice on running a firm alongside work, family or studies, after the launch of a new book by Emma Jones, the founder of home ...

Tamebay

If you need a new career direction but can?t give up the day job, or need to earn a little extra cash, or wonder what to do now your eBay store isn?t quite as lucrative as you?d once hoped, then this ...

Mail on Sunday

By day, Gwen Howell wears a business suit and sensible shoes to carry out her duties as an estate agent, but when she get home she pulls on her wellies to work on her part-time business as a farmer ...

Financial Mail Women\'s Forum

Over 5 million people are now holding down a day job and building a business at nights and weekends, motivated by a fear of redundancy, the need for extra cash or pure entrepreneurial and creative ...

Working Mums

So, you've decided that you want to start your own business to give yourself more flexibility around the family? You're worried, though, about the risks of ditching a good salary. Well, many people ...

The Good Web Guide

If you dream of becoming your own boss, in your own time, and want to make the break then Working 5 to 9: How to start a successful business in your spare time is a great place to start.

STARTING ...

Shrophire Star

Shropshire?s budding entrepreneurs have provided inspiration for a best-selling business author, who launches her new book in the town on May 25.

The latest book by Emma Jones, founder of ...

Shrophire Star

Shropshire?s budding entrepreneurs have provided inspiration for a best-selling business author, who launches her new book in the town on May 25.

The latest book by Emma Jones, founder of ...

Home Worker

The queen of working from home returns with her second book that builds on the success of her previous book Spare Room Start Up. If you have been thinking that it would be great to start your own ...

Daily Express

Express.co.uk reporter Emily Garnham takes a closer look at new trend in working from home.

With more people on the dole now than at any time since Labour came to power in 1997 and unemployment ...

The Times

A new wave of enterprising types are starting firms in their spare time while keeping their day jobs

The conventional way to start a business has always been to give up the day job and get stuck ...

Media Review

Starting a business in your spare time- Filament Magazine June 2011

Media Review

Turn your talent into a business - Country Living Kitchen Table AwardsMarch 2011

Motivatingmum.co.uk

8 Steps to Becoming a 5 to 9?erMotivating Mum 9th March 2011

Media Review

Craft Your Own Business This Weekend - Stylist Magazine19th January 2011

Warrencass.com

6 steps to becoming an expertWarrenCass.com 1st January 2011

Knowledge.hsbc.co.uk

What is a 5-9 business?- HSBC Business MattersNovember 2010

Media Review

Working Five to Nine - 8 steps to becoming a 5 to 9'er- M for Working Mums26th November 2010

Ooh.com

Emma Jones from Enterprise Nation talks home business success, wine and jelly. And she?s giving away a copy of her new book!- Ooh.com Blog 29th October 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was featured as the 'Business Doctor' on the On The Money Show- Radio Five 24th October 2010

Moanaboutmen.com

8 steps to becoming a 5 to 9?er- Moan About Men 16th October 2010

Mioomi.com

Emma Jones and Working 5 to 9 were featured as Book of the Month- Mioomi.com 1st October 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a guest on the Aleena Naylor Show- BBC Radio Derby 27th September 2010

Media Review

Workin' 5 to 9- Woman's Own14th September 2010

Guardian.co.uk

Emma Jones and Working 5 to 9 were featured in 50 side businesses to set up from home- Guardian 4th September 2010

Media Review

Turning pastimes into pounds- Flybe Uncovered3rd September 2010

Media Review

Emma was a guest on BBC York with Jonathan Cowap, talking 5 to 925th August 2010

Media Review

Business is Booming for '5 to 9 brigade'- The Weekly News18th August 2010

Media Review

Working 5 to 9 - How to start your dream business without giving up the day job- Country Living12th August 2010

Ft.com

Emma Jones and Working 5 to 9 were featured in Entrepreneurs tell workers to stick with the rat race- Financial Times 6th August 2010

Director.co.uk

"Inspirational...a gold mine of valuable advice and help...Whether you want to be a five-to-niner or a full-time entrepreneur, there is something here for you."- Director Magazine20th July ...

Aff.org.uk

Emma Jones and Working 5 to 9 were featured in the 'Workplace'- Army Families Journal 13th July 2010

Media Review

Hobby to a career in hours- The Sun1st July 2010

Fmwf.com

Emma Jones and Working 5 to 9 were featured in The Rise of the Twilight Entrepreneur- Financial Mail Women's Forum 25th June 2010

Inspired-entrepreneur.com

Photo © Niki Hignett, Inspired Entrepreneur
Emma Jones presents an evening of Working 5 to 9 at the Inspired Entrepreneur Event in Westminster University23rd June 2010

Mywonderfullifecoach.co.uk

"An inspiring, invaluable and practical guide to starting and growing a successful spare time business...jam-packed with ideas if you?re stuck for new ones (no jam-makers though!) and valuable tips ...

Media Review

Emma Jones with Mark Prisk, the Small Business Minister, at the Department for Business, Innovations and Skills in London16th June 2010

Mumstheblog.co.uk

"This book is great for people just thinking about starting up their own business, either as an extra to work, or to build up whilst at home looking after small children. There are many people who ...

Timesbooks.tbpcontrol.co.uk

Working 5 to 9 was featured as The Times Bookshop's 'Book of the Day' - The Times7th June 2010

Blog.enterpriseuk.org

"What the book does so well is converting the concept of home enterprise into reality the most effective way possible ? by demonstrating real people, setting up real businesses in their spare ...

Bournemouthecho.co.uk

How to be an after-work entrepreneur- Bournemouth Echo1st June 2010

Shropshirestar.com

Home - The Heart of a Good Business- Shropshire Star28th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was interviewed by Dominic Laurie on the BBC News Channel29th May 2010

Murraynewlands.com

"The book ends with some great practical tips and advice from Emma as well as pages and pages of information points, websites and contacts that are essential to any UK startup. Personally if I were ...

Tamebay.com

"A beautifully produced book, written with wit and a twinkle by the lovely Emma Jones of Enterprise Nation. It will be of most use to those new to self-employment and still seeking a direction, but ...

Working5to9.eventbrite.com

Photo © Derek Houghton ImagesGwen Howell of Pigs in Clover, Ian Wilson of Staples, and Emma Jones at the Staples Working 5 to 9 Event in Shrewsbury25th May 2010

Startupdonut.co.uk

5 to 9 entrepreneurs get tips on making their living- Start Up Donut25th May 2010

Itv.com

Emma and three 5 to 9'ers were featured on Central News- ITV 24th May 2010

Media Review

5-9 work brings home the bacon- Mail on Sunday23rd May 2010

Media Review

Emma Jones with 5 to 9'ers at the E-Factor Inspiring Enterprise Event in Grimsby21st May 2010

Fmwf.com

The rise of the '5 to 9'ers'- Financial Mail Women's Forum21st May 2010

Tedco.org

Emma Jones with TEDCO's Debbie Dunn at the TEDCO Working 5 to 9 Event in Newcastle20th May 2010

Workingmums.co.uk

"The book is colourful and easy to read and, if working 5 to 9 is something you are interested in, it provides a step by step guide on how to go about it."- Working Mums20th May 2010

Thegoodwebguide.co.uk

"If you dream of becoming your own boss, in your own time, and want to make the break then Working 5 to 9: How to start a successful business in your spare time is a great place to start"- The Good ...

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a guest on the Pat Marsh Show- BBC Radio Kent 19th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a guest on the Phil White Show- BBC Radio Humberside 18th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a guest on the Tony Fisher Show- BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester 18th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a guest on the Katie Martin Show- BBC Radio Cornwall 17th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a live guest on the David White Show- BBC Radio Cornwall 17th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a live guest on the Jim Cathcart Show- BBC Radio Guernsey 17th May 2010

Shropshirestar.com

Author to launch new business book- Shropshire Star17th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a live guest on the Jonathan Miles Show- BBC Radio Newcastle 17th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a live guest on the Sara Palmer Morning Show- BBC Radio Jersey 17th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a live guest on the Danny Pike Show- BBC Radio Surrey 17th May 2010

Nexus-publishing.co.uk

"As a resource for small home-based businesses it is essential"- David Howell, Nexus Publishing14th May 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma was a live guest on the Karen Buchanan show- BBC Radio Norfolk 11th May 2010

Businesszone.co.uk

Working 5 to 9 is the way to make a living- Dan Martin, BusinessZone11th May 2010

Media Review

Working all hours: how to run your own business in the evening - London Evening Standard10th May 2010Download

Express.co.uk

Emma fronted an 8-page small business special '5 to 9 is new way to make a living' in the Daily Express about working 5 to 923rd March 2010

Dailyexpress.co.uk

Britain's New Breed of Home WorkersDaily Express9th March 2010

Bbc.co.uk

Emma Jones was on BBC Working Lunch9th December 2009

Bbc.co.uk

Emma Jones was on BBC Radio 48th December 2009

Bbc.co.uk

Emma Jones was a guest on today's edition of BBC Working Lunch2nd December 2009

Business.timesonline.co.uk

Rise of the 5-9 entrepreneursThe Sunday Times23rd August 2009

Media Review

Emma Jones' new book Working 5 to 9 was featured on:

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NACUE

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