L-R: Recycled printed georgette dress, £295; Tencel twill jumpsuit, £275; Printed short sleeve matte crepe dress, £275, all meandem.comNo banana bread making for her, I say.
She laughs. “It was the first time ever where it was almost easier running the business, because you have to make every single decision.
Normally you’d be listening and debating, but there wasn’t time. It was quite inspiring, because you knew that the buck had to stop with you.
You were either going to get it right, and the business would survive, or it wouldn’t. I became very decisive, and that's helped me on the other side, because the decisions I made in large part were the right ones.”She’s well aware that it wasn’t as easy for most. “For the people who work for me and had young children, it was a very different ballgame.
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