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WHEN HER youngest daughter was eight months old, Kate Makin returned to her hometown of Lancaster from London. “I had been working in what was sometimes quite a stressful environment right up to my maternity leave, and had decided this was a good opportunity to spend time with my girls while they were so young,” says Kate.

A few years later, she was ready to work again, but decided that working for herself would give her the flexibility she craved, as well as job

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