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Alex Fontaine set up Personal Time Saver Ltd in 1994 after realising that increasing numbers of ultra-busy London employees didn’t have enough hours in the day to undertake a variety of tasks.
“Society has changed,” Alex explains. “There are more single people, wives now work full-time and people have to work longer hours – work conditions are changing.”

Her concierge business tends to almost any need the capital’s population may have, from pet care to property management. From £50 an hour, Personal Time Saver will undertake the most trivial of jobs for those who are cash-rich but time-poor.

Alex's business has travelled a long way since she started it with little more than a bicycle and a laptop. In May 2004, Personal Time Saver was featured on BBC2’s New Servants. Alex's efforts were recognised in the 2004 Startups Awards, where she triumphed in the Women in Business category.

Her story is all the more remarkable considering the hurdles she has had to overcome to make it in business. Having survived alcoholism and a violent assault, she found the strength to make a success of Personal Time Saver. Alex says "I have had to fight low self-esteem all the way......Never giving up and never taking no for an answer is a good attitude to have. When you don’t believe in yourself but you see others believe in you – trusting their belief is a great attitude."

Read more about Alex's business by visiting the website

www.personaltimesaver.co.uk.

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