Sarah Watkins: Fairbourn Children’s Furniture, www.fairbournchildrensfurniture.co.uk
Job title: Designer/director of Fairbourn Children’s Furniture
What was the motivating factor for staring your own business?
When my son was two I needed some furniture for his bedroom and couldn’t find anything that was good quality and affordable - there seemed to be a big gap between high quality and cheaper flat packed furniture, and a few years later I had the opportunity to start designing furniture and loved it. The natural progression seemed to move to make my own range.
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