the importance of good margins and understood as well that turnover is just vanity!Get involved with your local business groups eg. local Chambers of Commerce. It’s a great way of networking with other local businesses, of hearing about good suppliers

. As you feel your baby move inside you, a deep connection forms. And as you can feel her, so can she hear your voice and heartbeat. By the time she’s born, you already know each other intimately.During birthDuring labour and birth, your body releases

‘On holiday you're less stressed, which is why you often hear of couples getting pregnant at this time. Stress increases the hormone prolactin in women and this can reduce fertility by stopping the egg maturing properly, while in men it affects the sperm

you're pointing, and will enjoy having new things to look at.Although your baby isn't talking yet, he's starting to put language together and needs to hear words clearly and often. Tell him the names of his body parts as you dress him or change his

he hears you make, and loves having a ‘chat' with you, especially if you converse by mimicking his sounds and echoing them back to him.3. He recognises you and your partner and his brothers or sisters. The flip side of this is he's also aware when

. If you take a toy away she's likely to object by crying and waving hands and feet. She's starting to grasp what ‘no' means, but she's not yet able to stop herself doing something just because she hears you say it. She can respond to simple commands like

clothes over his head, or when he hears the doorbell, and cling to you for reassurance. Help your baby by calmly making it clear that you're not afraid. Don't laugh at him or tell him that he's silly to be scared.3. He may manage to crawl upstairs

infections, talk to your GP about whether your child has a tendency to get these, what you can do about it and whether his hearing might be affected. Ear infections are more common among boys, and research suggests that the younger a baby is when he has his

things as well as see and hear them is just beginning to make sense to him. He is beginning to understand that people have moods.5. By eight months your baby has got the idea that things don't just exist, you can do something with them. When he picks

. Your instinct may be to feed but this can soon turn into comfort feeding. You have got to keep your head. ‘The milestone for most mums is the day you hear your baby crying but know he can’t be hungry because he fed not long ago. Remember: every baby