Meet the family

Our features the past two months about starting a nanny agency appear to have got readers looking at their own agency practice. Cressida Hoblyn, director of Platinum Nanny Services, is keen to point out that she and her business partner Polly King-Holford make home visits to check out the parents, as well as checking the nanny, before making any placements. 'When setting up our agency we heard horror stories of nannies attending interviews in hotels, wine bars and sometimes a private home when it transpired that the "client" (sometimes male) was clearly not seeking a nanny but some other service,'...