orning! Is it rise and shine?
mrubbish at getting up, so my lovely husband
mwakes me up with hot water and lemon. But
an’tfunction without a decent breakfast, so it’s
ached egg on toast every morning.
elicious! Time to head to work?
mco-owner of The Beeswax Wrap Company*
d TheVegan Food Wrap Company and I work
tween home and the workshop at the moment.
teryears of a two-hour commute to London
d back, it’s a dream to work five minutes away.
deed.Now, can we make you a cuppa?
lwayshave a herbal tea on the go, peppermint
jasmine, so just a top-up with hot water, please.
hat’sa day in the workshop like?
forewe hired a team, my business partner
rlyand I were melting wax and burning our
nds,but we still make in the workshop each
eek.Otherwise,I’matmylaptopmostoftheday. I do all the brain-taxing bits in the morning,
then more creative bits in the afternoon.
Who do you like a chat over a cuppa with?
I work with my little sister Mads, as well as Carly
and Tom. Our tea breaks are usually quite funny- they’ve all very lively senses of humour.
Any snacks on the go?
We’ve a big chocolate stash, as it can be bought in
foil and paper, and we try to be plastic-free.
Yum. What time do you clock off?
When we first started the company, we’d work
from 7am through to 7pm. But now we’ve more
people to care about, our hours are a lot stricter.
Carly has a young baby and I have two step-
daughters, and we both want to be home at a
decent hour to spend time with them.
One final cuppa?
I love a jasmine tea while I read before bed – the
smellswitchesmybrain into slow-down mode.
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FRAN BEER lives in The
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co-owner of The Beeswax
Wrap Company,
beeswaxwraps.co.uk, and The
Vegan Food Wrap Company,
veganfoodwraps.co.uk. Her
Simple Thing is turning her
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* Yay! Fran’s giving away a Beeswax Wrap pack to every new subscriber to The Simple Things. See page 14.