‘£20, a mop and a desire’ : Woman recalls how she started her £4million business at 18

Our Founder and MD, Rachael Flanagan, spoke with the Daily Express this week about how she started Mrs Buckét with just £20 and a mop and, in a short space of time, built it up to be a multi-million pound venture.

RACHAEL FLANAGAN, CEO of specialist commercial cleaning organisation Mrs Buckét, started her multimillion-pound business at the young age of 18, now 15 years later, she shared advice for budding entrepreneurs in an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk.

Ms Flanagan began: “I came out of school with a failed business A-Level, £20, a mop and a desire to make something for myself, by myself. “But, as so many of us will relate to, I didn’t have that many people who believed in me. Teachers told me I’d never be a business owner, friends laughed at the idea of me becoming a CEO.

“However, through all this adversity, a little fire did continue to burn inside me that was desperate to prove them all wrong.”

And she most certainly did, despite coming from humble of beginnings, Ms Flanagan’s business now boasts a turnover of over £4million.

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