Gloucestershire woman starts 'cakery' after being made redundant
A number of businesses have struggled during lockdown but after being made redundant, one woman decided to launch her own business. Noushien Khazeni-Rad, 27, who has lived in Churchdown for the majority of her life, worked at a cancer charity as an events and fundraising organiser, but like many in the county, was placed on furlough at the end of April.
Then just a month later, as the charity began to struggle, she was made redundant.
But rather than let it get her down, Noushien decided to take the opportunity to turn what had just been a hobby into a business.
Having backed for years for fun, the budding entrepreneur decided to launch her own baking business: The Village Cakery. And after setting up her own website and social media pages, she had more than 45 orders - and things aren't slowing down.