A girl has expanded her personalised candle side hustle right into a rising small enterprise.

Veena McCoole runs postcode pours, which supplies personalised candles which function labels with an space and postcode, equivalent to ‘Kensington W8’.

She began the enterprise as a charity mission in 2020 through the COVID-19 lockdown, promoting the candles at East Putney Tube station.

But now the small enterprise has a rising worldwide buyer base and a few giant corporations have purchased batches of the distinctive items.

Ms McCoole stated: “I really enjoy it. Small businesses and entrepreneurship is a big passion of mine, so it doesn’t feel like a huge amount of work.

“It’s really a creative outlet for me outside of my job. I see it more as a chance to play with ideas and explore and learn from what I’m doing with it on a day to day basis, rather than feeling like it’s an obligation.”

She began out posting about her candle mission in Facebook teams for her native space and shortly folks from additional afield had been sending in requests for them.

The staff behind the corporate has expanded since early 2021, with varied contractors serving to the enterprise with branding and social media, net design and images and logistics.

Most of the earnings from the enterprise is presently reinvested again into the enterprise, with the packaging presently being upgraded.

The entrepreneur, who additionally has a full-time job, stated: “Part of the reason I founded the business was you’re always paying a premium for personalisation. This is my way of trying to make gifting in a thoughtful way more accessible.”

Several corporations have approached the enterprise who need to place bulk orders on a wholesale foundation.

Previous clients embody Boots No 7 who purchased some candles to offer away as reward bundles.

Designer model Michael Kors purchased a batch of the candles once they moved workplace to Fitzrovia in London, once they purchased some ‘Fitzrovia WC1’ candles for all of their employees.

Ms McCoole runs the enterprise totally on her personal however she presently has freelance contractors to assist with administration, accounting and social media administration.

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