How a boutique homecare provider got off the ground

‘Young people should be encouraged to set up their own businesses,” says Siobhan Hackett, founder of Hackett Homecare, a boutique homecare provider. “It’s the perfect time to do it – you don’t have children or other overheads - more young people should be encouraged to give it a shot.”

Now 32, Hackett has been in business for seven years. “After I finished school, I went on to study psychology at college with the ...