A wedding florist says her profits have more than doubled since the start of the pandemic, despite being left without a single order on March 23.
Lex Hamilton's flourishing empire hit a standstill three months ago when Boris Johnson ordered all venues and churches to temporarily close. "It was terrifying," the former social worker told Mirror Money. "All of my orders had to be cancelled or postponed and I had to terminate the lease on my studio.
I just thought, how am I going to pay my mortgage? "I moved all of the flowers back to South London flat - there were flowers everywhere.
At one point my bath was full of peonies." But Lex, 27, says the pandemic forced her to think on her feet, and with the help of her partner, a professional
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