When I returned to my final year of studies, I began to consider launching my own business. During my placement year I had begun a blog and Instagram page to share healthy recipes for active people and athletes and following that athletes and other sports practitioners became more interested in my work.
So, in February 2019, following the guidance of key staff from the Careers Network and Loughborough Enterprise Network, I officially became self-employed and began taking on work. In the beginning, I offered a wide variety of services, from recipe development and healthy snack deliveries to nutrition consultations.
I was working as a Student Vacancy Assistant for the Careers Network at the time and was lucky to have the encouragement of the Employer Engagement Team throughout the whole process.
I also joined The Studio and subsequently received training in a variety of areas, such as networking, finance and legal requirements. Alongside this, I was also fortunate enough to receive CEO funding and the Santander Start-Up fund to support the development of my business.