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Meet Emily, 23, from Wiltshire, and find out more about life as the owner of a flower shop called Persephone Violet. Part of our Bitesize world of work series.

I really love my little shop.
  • Emily learnt the skills of flower arranging and how to run a business as an employee in the shop - which she now owns.Latin helps her every day because this is the language used to name the different types of flowers
  • Emily studied a Diploma in Floristry and has recently won awards at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 鈥 one of the world's biggest and most competitive flower shows.
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What to expect if you want to be a business owner

The salary and working hours when you own a business can vary enormously but what's most important is that you work hard and love what you do.

Working for yourself looks different for each person and each business, but in general it means you:

  • run your own business and are responsible for its success
  • can decide how, when and where you do your work
  • charge an agreed, fixed price for your work
  • sell goods or services to make a profit
  • can hire people at your own expense to help you or to do the work for you.

You can be both employed and self-employed at the same time. You can work for your employer during the day, for example, and run your own business in the evenings and at weekends. It鈥檚 important to for advice if you鈥檙e not sure if you鈥檙e self-employed.

You can , through the government鈥檚 business support services, for example, for advice about tax or about how to find funding to start your business.

This information is a guide (source: ).

For careers advice in all parts of the UK visit: , , and .

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