Get paid to stay in

Between washing, drying, walking, chatting, eating, tidying and more washing you could boost your income and work from home in all manner of guises.

Ebay selling is a viable source of income if you have a good online reputation (which you can achieve by being upfront and honest and making transactions swiftly).

You could specialise in selling something you know a lot about or can fix up from scrap. Cars, vans, toasters or bikes can make a good return if you know how to polish them up.

Anything vintage is often popular abroad. Anything size 16 and up Shops in the UK sell well in the states where online clothes shopping and obesity are both rife. If you’re clever (but not greedy) you could make some profit on postage as well as on the garments Bonus.

Be it stuffing envelopes, selling Tupperware or becoming a bike mechanic, there are lots of opportunities to work at home and multi task your way to the big time, all in the comfort of your slippers and without that pesky commute. Lovely.