‘Still some fuel in the tank’: the perks and perils of launching a business after 60

Photograph: Kari Johnston/Guardian CommunityJohnston was among the Britons who shared with the Guardian why they had set up their own businesses after passing the big 60. Photograph: Sibylle Hyde/Guardian CommunityHyde set up her local curtain-making business in May, dropped some leaflets in her neighbourhood and made a website. I’ve been having around £250 worth of business a week, enough for now. Bread making is flexible, I decide when I make it, and get up at five o’clock to bake, to get it to the local shop at nine o’clock.”Lacking capital and support for older people starting a business, Kath has been unable to rent business premises. Photograph: Kath/Guardian CommunityDespite enjoying bread-making, working in a physical job is taking its toll, Kath said.