However, Jones stresses that business services such as IT consultancy, web and graphic design, and consumer services ? particularly people making handmade goods ? are flourishing. Use of the internet and social media (used by 100 per cent of those profiled in the book) means that businesses can effectively run 24 hours a day, making the 5-9 model suitable for all business types and sectors. ![]() Of the 60 businesses profiled in her book, 73 per cent are doing something totally unrelated to their first job ? in effect, a form of escapism. While a lot of people start down the 5-9 route through concern about being made redundant, there are just as many who do it as an outlet for their creativity, explains Emma Jones, author of Working 5-9. I go home and deal with pigs, and I don?t have to answer to anybody," she laughs. ![]() I have to deal with landlords and vendors, which can be quite demanding. "By day I?m running my own business in a constrained environment. "We?ve just been listed on and Virgin Experience, so customers are coming from much farther afield, and buying food on the back of that," explains Howell.įor Howell, the appeal lies in doing something totally different. Visitors can come and eat home-produced food and get mucky with the animals. In 2008, Howell set up Pigs in Clover and now, in addition to selling pork ? primarily online ? she even runs Pig Experience days. "We clicked with them and it went from there," she smiles. ![]() It started when she and her husband moved to a property that had land, giving them space for a few pigs. For her, it?s a question of closing the door on the estate agency she has run since 1983, and slipping on her wellies to morph into a pig farmer. Gwen Howell is part of a growing trend of entrepreneurs dubbed 5-9ers, who start working on their own business when the day job ends at 5pm.Īfter a hard day in the office, there is nothing Gwen Howell likes more than to unwind at home ? with her 5-9 business, Pigs in Clover. Between 20 the number of people working from home or in their spare time rose by 142 per cent.
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