With the credit crunch showing no sign of stopping, for many it’s time to think of a second job or setting up a part time business to help pay the bills. These ideas are designed to appeal to all budgets and interests.

Many of the following ideas require licences, clearances, insurances and permissions; so it is recommended that you seek full legal advice before trading.

  1. Accredited Training/adult education – run training courses with a certificate at the end, training in the skills you and your associates already have.
  2. Activity Holidays – sell packages to adults, families
  3. Advanced Driving Courses – set up a weekend school
  4. Advertising Boards – secure outside/on buildings
  5. Advertisers Directory – companies pay for entries
  6. Advertising Revenue – sell advertising in your self-published books and other publications
  7. Aerial Photos – sell to people in the area
  8. Aerobics Classes – hire local halls
  9. After Dinner Speaking- promote yourself as a speaker, get an agent
  10. Afternoon Teas – hold every week or daily at a hired venue
  11. After School Club – parents pay a fee
  12. Album (music)- artists contribute songs, or publish your own
  13. Allotments – rent out your land as allotment space, or rent from the council and sell your produce
  14. Alternative Health – train and offer skills from a base or mobile business
  15. Amateur Cabaret – develop your act and tour pubs and clubs
  16. Animal Boarding – look after pets while their owners are away
  17. Animal Portraits – sell to owners, either artwork or photography
  18. Antiques/auctions/dealing – if you have the knowledge, why not use it and trade
  19. Aquarium- fish breeding. Sell to trade and the public.
  20. Apartment Agency – charge a fee for locating accommodation and manging property for clients
  21. Appliance Repairs – use your DIY skills for an extra part time income
  22. Art – your Art Exhibition – sell your work and/or that of others
  23. Article Writing – write for magazines, the internet and newspapers
  24. Artificial Flowers – make and sell
  25. Auto Jumble Sale – ask a farmer if you can borrow a field
  26. Au Pair Agency – charge a fee for locating and managing au pairs
  27. Baby Portraits – art or photographs for parents and grandparents
  28. Badges – for children at events, or as fashion accessories
  29. Baked Potatoes – sell at events, or build a local round
  30. Balloons – novelty balloons, for corporate and private parties and so on