“My ideal weekend? A lazy morning followed by coffee and croissants. I’d then go for a ride, play with the kids in the garden and visit friends in the evening. Either that, or I’d be away somewhere exciting. I always have wanderlust,” says Rebecca, the founder of Honeywell Bakes…
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“When Olive was 14 months I became a single parent – six months later I lost my job. It was a dark and devastating time,” says Ashlyn Gibson. But she channelled all her inner strength and launched family lifestyle store Olive Loves Alfie…
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“Our market days are more like mini festivals with music, visual art, kids activities and street performances popping up each month.” Claire Carroll helps run The Frome Independent market in Somerset. She talks market day, motherhood and working every weekend…
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We catch up with Alys Wood-Bibby, founder of Blomst – a flower subscription service – to talk motherhood, floristry, her newly renovated kitchen and the garden studio she’ll soon set up shop in. Oh, and mornings – of course…
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We interview the founder of Bravura London, and mum-of-three, Amanda Elias about her morning routine, life in rural Wales, working around her daughters’ routines and why she set up a beauty company, selling skincare products…
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From footwear designer at Lacoste, to founder of Bell and Rigg – a trendy coffee subscription service, for people who want artisan coffee at home – meet Gemma Mursal. We talk work life balance, raising two-year-old Gus and coffee…
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“The greatest challenge when running your own business in the makeup industry is staying relevant,” says makeup artist Sadia Akhtar or IBESADIA. She entered the industry at 16, left to complete a law degree, and is now back, making “people feel beautiful”.
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Single mum-of-one and hula-hooper extraordinaire Rachel Conlisk tells The Early Hour about teaching hula-hooping, performing around the UK, desperately craving a lie-in (but choosing to get up early) and finding it hard to delegate…
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Debs and Bex, the founders of tongue-in-cheek clothing label Parent Apparel, discuss work-life balance, collaborating with Mother Pukka and their ideal weekends (hint: one involves gin, the other involves vodka)…
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“Our own changing bag frustrations spurred us to make a range of bags that we hoped other mums would actually want to carry.” They are now stocked in John Lewis and Selfridges. Meet Dominique and Rebecca – the founders of Jem and Bea…