Setting up a business

Introducing my Business Support Package

Hi, I’m Kerry the founder of Kerry’s Bouqcakes global business. I am proud to call myself a cupcake artist and experienced tutor in buttercream piping.

When I created Kerry’s Bouqcakes I had no idea where my baking journey would take me.

Over the last 5 years I have built Kerry’s Bouqcakes into a strong brand gaining half a million followers across all social media platforms and with followers and students across the globe.
I have learnt so much along the way that I wanted to share with you.

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Being My Own Boss

I love being my own boss, I really do.

I spent years working in the public sector and although I enjoyed it (mostly) I didn’t enjoy the lack of flexibility, whether it be flexibility in the working week or booking leave etc. I understand that as a workplace, fairness has to be considered but this did put obstacles in the way. Booking leave would always depend on who else had requested the same dates, understandably the work place still had to run effectively, add that to the difficulty that my husband also works in the public sector, trying to book the same dates was hugely problematic. I now have the autonomy to decide when and how often I take time off without running it by anyone else albeit without an income from my fresh cake sales.

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One Cupcake At A Time

I saw a quote recently “for every two minutes of glamour, there are eight hours of hard work” and boy oh boy did that resonate through every bone in my body! The glitz of the finished product, for me being my cupcakes or cake creations are gone in a blink of an eye, the moment the customer comes to collect their order and whisks away their bouqcake leaving behind the worktop mess for me to contend with.

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