I often get asked if I ever switch off. The answer is yes. I will happily be off work for a week and not check emails and not have any contact with the team at work. I hardly ever do any work at home and I take regular days off. This didn't happen overnight, and many people can't ever envisage it happening for them. But if you dream of this being possible for you one day, here are 3 essential steps to getting there. 1) Stop thinking you're indispensable. You're not. You're no

Almost every day we have walk-in customers asking if we sell full cakes over the counter. The answer is a resounding no, unfortunately, but a lot of people question why it takes 3 working days to order and have a cake fulfilled? Surely it doesn't actually take whole days to make a cake? Why don't we have a pantry full of cakes sitting there ready to go? While we hate disappointing customers and having to say 'no, there are some very good reasons - and we thought it might be h

Yesterday, on our first day back in the bakery this year, I spent a large part of the morning manically boiling kettles of water, walking them to the end of the street and back round to the rear of our shop, and pouring them over the frozen waste pipe at the back of our building. While waiting for each kettle-full to boil I would stare at the backed up toilet that was threatening to pour its disgusting contents all over the floor of our downstairs bathroom - a floor that I pa

It's come as no surprise that today's embarrassingly leaked Budget announcements have done nothing to alleviate the worries of small and micro business owners. We find ourselves in an increasingly hostile environment. After having a wobble last night, I've spent today pulling my big girl pants up. Because to be perfectly honest with you, a lot of this is my fault. Yes, it's also Boris Johnson, Vladimir Putin, and Keir Starmer's fault, but it's mine too. For some, today will b

Our Ready for You! Budget Wedding Cakes , TLBB's answer to the M&S off the peg wedding cake, launched last year. We know quite a few of...

Do you love social media or do you hate it? Maybe a bit of both. Chances are, if you're reading this, you came across the link on some...

There's a general atmosphere of doom and gloom surrounding small business, and with good reason. The last few years have hit the economy...

Wedding planning can be really stressful (as well as the most joyful time of your life obvs) but your cake design appointment is surely one

We recently uploaded these two pictures onto our Facebook page, asking if people preferred fondant or buttercream - as these cakes...

We know a lot of you can make a mean Victoria sponge yourselves, but... you just want your cake decoration to level up a bit. Of course,...

How are you feeling about yesterday's Budget? Small business owners will feel mixed, but mainly scared. There was a lot of worry and...

Tonight, there are thousands of small business owners who will struggle to sleep. They will lie awake thinking of the bills they owe, the...

"As soon as you mention it's a wedding, the price triples..." "Don't tell them it's a wedding cake and they might send you a lower...

Young people have been in the news a fair bit recently, what with Rishi Sunak's theoretical plans to herd them off to national service...

We recently put a post out on Facebook asking for feedback on our retail counter offering. Sales have been slower of late, partly down to...

Business ideas come from a big fat "yes". Yes to something new; yes to drive and passion; yes, often, to risk. Entrepreneurs can be seen...

Whatever you think about #cakegate, I think we can all agree it's not really news in itself. When I read the comments on articles written...

I wrote a post like this many years ago, but since then so much has changed. Our cakes are even better and I want to tell you why....

Last time I blogged we were discussing the mindset behind delegating and creating a team in order for your business - and your self - to...

"If you want a job doing properly, you have to do it yourself". I'm here to smash that myth into pieces and encourage you to let go of...