Launching a new business just before a recession could be fool hardly, brave or just create bad timing. But older people who set out to create a business have and advantage whatever the financial climate. Maturity gives them the experience and the self-confidence to allow instinct and intuition to play a part in their most …
Arriving at Simeone Salik’s beautiful home in Mill Hill, which she and her husband designed, I count and impressive 22 windows, and that is just from the back. Once inside and experiencing the light flooding in it is easy to imagine how the idea for her Dragon’s Den – backed business, Blindsinabox, developed. And taking me into …
We hadn’t decided on which curtains we would have and we weren’t able to find temporary curtains on the internet. I realised there was a gap in the market and, because I did not want to retire, I asked Janice to start a business with me in December 2007 – just when the recession was …
An entrepreneurial blinds company has hit the big time after getting a helping hand from the hit TV show Dragons Den. The firm, Blindsinabox Ltd is based in North London and has a distribution base on the New River Trading Estate in Chestnut Fairways. After appearing on the BBC2 Dragons Den programme in September 2008, …
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BUSINESSES are bracing themselves for the fallout from the ongoing national postal strikes.Simeone Salik, who set up Blindsinabox with two business partners after securing investment on BBC show Dragons’ Den, said the firm was already feeling the effect.Although the company’s instant window blinds are dispatched by Parcel Force, the firm relies on Royal Mail for …
As a housewife and mother Simeone Salik, 67, from London, put her ambitions on ice. Then, two years ago, she landed her first job. ‘Working mothers were a rarity in my day. I’d always been intrigued by the business world, and going to meetings and brainstorming really appealed to me, but I had to leave …
Stick on blinds for caravans Caravans are a home from home you can use as an escape from busy life on long weekends and holidays. They act as a cosy retreat after a day spent exploring outdoors. Many caravans, especially those bought second hand, are not fitted with blinds, and to make them feel homely …
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Her second was to say, “No way”, fearing that an appearance on the show might turn her business into just another casualty of the Dragons’ caustic grilling. In the case of Mrs Salik, Mr Lawrence and their third partner, Janice Dalton, 52, that product is temporary window blinds, and their company, Blinds in a Box, …
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“Some people like to work; others can’t wait to stop. I belong to the first category. And I wasn’t about to let a small thing like my age stop me when I spotted a great business opportunity not long after my 65th birthday,” she said. “After leaving school at 18, I had a job and …
Grandma Simeon Salik is saying curtains to the credit crunch – by selling temporary blindson the internet. Simeone, 67, launched Blindsinabox.co.uk two years ago after not being able to buy temporary blackout blinds for her new home in Mill Hill, North London. She finally bought some from America and then decided to go into business …
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