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Business Mum of the Year Award 2008

Karen Mattison - Inspirational Business Mum of the Year, 2008

Yell.com is proud to announce that Karen Mattison, founder of Woman Like Us, has won the title of ‘Inspirational Business Mum of the Year’ at the 2008 Prowess Awards.

The glittering ceremony was held over lunch at the Regency Hyatt Hotel in Birmingham and was enjoyed by all.
Yell.com would like to thank everyone who made a nomination – 186 truly inspirational entries were received. Particular thanks go to our fantastic runners-up: Dee Wright of The Hairforce and Rachel Jones of Totseat.

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Winner: Karen Mattison, Women Like Us

By helping other mums to ease themselves back into flexible employment which they can fit around family life, Karen epitomes the word ‘inspirational’

Runner-Up: Rachel Jones, Totseat

Rachel is the creator of Totseat – a harness that creates an instant highchair using any adult chair, which is now sold in 15 countries

Runner-Up: Dee Wright, The Hairforce

Two years ago Dee founded The Hairforce -
a unique service which specialises in the elimination of head lice and nits by hand-clearing
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Your Comments

To all business mums reading this, running a business around the madness of family life can be hard and isolating, but you're not alone.

Think about that when you're working late into the twilight hours after the kids are asleep...you'll fine a whole army of mum's surgically attached to their laptops...building their empires!

Good luck to us all, and enjoy it!

Jane

Jane Hopkins, Warwickshire