Are you a solopreneur or small business owner abroad? Struggling how to market or position your business? In a new series for Mumabroad, Emma from La Piccola Agency heads up a Marketing Clinic to address those challenges. In this first feature Emma provides 10 practical tips to writing great...
"Upon arriving in Italy we had a few days before our belongings arrived and we could access our new apartment. I ironically commented to my husband that I was now homeless, jobless and pregnant. “At least you are married.” he replied with equal irony."...
"We all have built lives in the EU. We studied. We did Erasmus. We did work placements. We travelled. Found work. Made friends. Developed careers. Learnt languages. Got married. Gave birth. Put down roots. Bought houses. Pay mortgages. Pay taxes. Chose nurseries. Chose schools. Form integrated...
"On the night before December 13th, excitement is off the radar amongst most children in Lombardy. They are eagerly awaiting the arrival of Santa Lucia to bring them gifts provided they have been well behaved all year, otherwise it’s a piece of coal instead!" ...
The final part of our Female, Foreign and an Entrepreneur in Italy series. From a dentist and a wedding planner to an architect and hotelier this series explores the great and not so great of doing business in Italy. ...
My hospital roommate is one of 4 sisters; 3 still to marry and 1 a widow I was told. Coincidentally their Mum was also called Emma. I guess their collective age together, on the conservative side, must be coming on for around 350 years....
"The EU was the springboard into my adult working life and the foundation upon which my career, marriage, family and friendships have been built on."...
Part 2 of a three part series addressing the role of women in Italian society and the workplace in 2016: bureaucracy, taxes, Brexit and the European Union....