While working in the City as a lawyer with three young children, my domestic help requirements were constantly changing. I struggled to work out what best suited my needs and how to find the right solution for my family. I spent a considerable time searching for, and training up, my own help and felt there was a gap in the market for busy working parents who would rather outsource this time-consuming job to someone they trusted.

We have recently partnered with an experienced Norland Nanny, who will run our group cooking courses, enabling Cath Kenny (my business partner) and I to focus on smaller, bespoke in-house courses. We are also in talks with other service providers with a view to expanding the range of courses we can offer. Watch this space!

From time to time we are asked to find help in sad and difficult situations. Being a natural worrier and having a tendency to get personally involved, such circumstances make it very difficult to switch off and leave work behind. I have worked out that the only way around this is to be disciplined, accept that I have done the best I can and force myself to take a break from work, rest and recharge.

My careers adviser at school told to me become an auctioneer, as I liked to talk! Luckily, careers advice has come a long way since then.