Forces spouses face employment discrimination

MILITARY spouses are hiding their military connections when applying for jobs, a new study from Barclays has revealed.   The research from the Barclays AFTER (Armed Forces Transition, Employment & Resett...

Flex in the system

In May last year, Army&You spoke to people on the Flexible Duties Trial (FDT). Almost a year on, the FDT will soon close and has been replaced by the introduction of a new policy – Flexible Service (FS). Ar...

Building business skills

A GROUP of Armed Forces widows are set to develop their business ideas thanks to a bespoke course run by start-up X-Forces Enterprise Community Interest Company (XFE). The idea came about when X-Forces...

Accessible accountancy

Chartered accountant Nadia Hossen Mamode admits that she wasn’t quite prepared when she married into Forces life. Five years, four moves, three jobs, two children and a new patch later, she realised that straig...

Turning passion into profit

Running your own business is hard work, time-consuming and sometimes risky, but it can also give you flexibility, fulfilment and independence. So how do you create a company and how do you make it pay? We spoke...

Empowering enterprise

When it comes to juggling business and Army life, mum-of-four Christine Dedman is a bit of a marvel. And the good news is she spends her working time enabling other military spouses and partners to set up their...

Build a new career

IF YOU are looking for a new career or your soldier is preparing to leave the Army, it’s worth looking at Building Heroes, a charity providing free training to the entire military family.    Its aim is to tac...

Tweaking your tax

Jo Plews and her husband and daughter are posted in Canada for three years. With employment being quite difficult to secure or low paid, Jo decided that applying for the Marriage Tax Allowance seemed the logica...

Dizzy in biz

WE love to see creative ideas for businesses from Army spouses and partners – and that’s why we’re featuring several entrepreneurs in the winter edition of Army&You, out from Monday 12 November. One such sp...

The way forward

AFF has delved deeper into researching the barriers to spousal employment among the Forces. In partnership with Warwick University’s Institute for Employment Research and QinetiQ, we identified that nearly one...