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Minding the business

To mark a milestone in the business of placing nannies, Debbie Elliff looks back at changes personal and public This summer at Little Masters and Misses nanny and babysitting agency, I've been celebrating 20 years in business.

This summer at Little Masters and Misses nanny and babysitting agency, I've been celebrating 20 years in business.

It's been a very big year in any case. I've moved the shop from Thornton Heath in Surrey to Beckenham in Kent, computerised the agency and set up a website. But that still seems a long way from when, after eight years working as a nanny, I first launched the agency from a rented bedsitter in 1985.

It's been rewarding to see steady progress. But at the end of last year it became evident that I had a decision to make. I could either carry on as I was, running a successful business and operating within my 'comfort zone'.

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