The lockdown side-hustles that turned into full-time businesses

When the pandemic took hold in 2020, many people who had lost work or been put on furlough started their own businesses to make ends meet. For some of these lockdown entrepreneurs, those ventures have now become their day jobs and main sources of income.

Researching Burning the candle at both ends, looking back on it," says John Ife, from South East London, who worked in the Hospitality Industry world before Covid struck. "Lockdown caused so much pain and uncertainty, but the silver lining was that I had free time and mental space to dream.” Now, John now runs a company that provides "Logistics Support Services" He liaisons with retail business owners/ partner to outsource pick up and drop off services from online and physical stores.

Firms are wrestling with cost-of-living spikes, and debating how to help workers.

•  In layoffs news, trading platform Robinhood has cut nearly a quarter of its staff.

• More than a third of Britons are cutting back on food and essentials to cope with higher costs.

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