
Rachel Cummins, left, husband Josh Cummins, seated, and business partner Lee Hoppen
(Picture: Let’s Sanitise)Rachel Cummins and business partner Lee Hoppen had a thriving photo business, Megabooth, that was supplying 5000 corporate events and parties each year, including the Brit Awards and for guests including Prince Charles. Everything changed when lockdown hit in March 2020 and events were cancelled. The founders — and Rachel’s husband Josh, whose own recruitment firm had also been struck hard by Covid — had to find a Plan B.
“Our Megabooth business disappeared overnight. All our events were cancelled and the three of us, and our team of seven, were all working from home trying to work out what to do in those early months while the pandemic took hold of the UK.