{"id":686719,"date":"2026-01-10T12:34:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686719\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T12:34:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T12:34:04","slug":"reading-woman-builds-business-with-daughter-by-her-side-reading-today-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686719\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading woman builds business with daughter by her side \u2013 Reading Today Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A woman from Reading has turned an early challenge into a thriving career in the beauty industry, now running a salon and online training business alongside her daughter.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea became a single mother at 16. After her daughter, Mia, started nursery, Andrea took a part-time job in a pub, not only to earn an income but also to support her mental health and independence.<\/p>\n<p>Her career path changed after she spotted a college course booklet left on the bar. One course in massage inspired her to enrol, setting her on a new trajectory. Over the following years, Andrea trained in a variety of beauty treatments and began offering services from her home, gradually building a loyal client base.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Andrea runs a salon and an online education business that trains beauty professionals across the UK. She recently took on her first staff member and now works alongside her 18-year-old daughter Mia, hosting children\u2019s pamper events as part of their family-focused brand.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-161562 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Img1687917-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Alongside her professional achievements, Andrea has expanded her family, becoming a mother to two more children. She says her experience has shaped the way she approaches both life and work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t want my daughter growing up thinking struggle was the norm,\u201d Andrea says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat college course gave me direction, and I\u2019ve kept building from there. Having more children didn\u2019t stop me, it gave me even more reason to grow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrea also mentors other women, particularly mothers and beauty professionals, helping them to develop confidence, flexibility, and income through entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>Her story highlights resilience and determination, showing how early challenges can be transformed into long-term success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman from Reading has turned an early challenge into a thriving career in the beauty industry, now&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3094],"tags":[51,3134,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-686719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entrepreneurship","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-entrepreneurship","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}