BEING your own boss is a dream many Brits have. And for Lucy Rushton, that dream became a reality just two months into the pandemic. 6 Business owner Lucy Rushton discussed how her side hustle became her full-time careeer Credit: instagram/@stemandsilk 6 Lucy was a single mum during her transition from working in the police to becoming a self-employed Credit: instagram/@stemandsilk The 36-year-old, who is based in Chester, spoke to Fabulous about her decision to quit her job in the police force to work full-time on her luxury faux flower company .
Lucy worked various jobs within the police for 13 years after leaving university, including stints as an intelligence analyst and another in counter-terrorism. While she enjoyed the work, the Hull native explained that there wasn't much opportunity for career progression and when she became a mum in 2018, she began to re-evaluate her career. "I think my life just changed when I had my little boy Bobby, he's now six," Lucy explains.
Read More On Side Hustles FLOWER POWER I turned my school side hustle into a £25m company - here's how SIDE SUCCESS I make £700 a day from my lazy girl side hustle - I've cashed in £52k "It made me realise how police [hours] weren't very good for family life at all. "Even though I worked as hard as I possibly could full-time, I was still on £28,000 a year and for a very difficult job looking at some horrific things day-to-day. "It wasn't really worth it, I thought there must be a more enjoyable way of.