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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Ruth Bloomfield

‘Leaving London changed my life’: how one ex-Londoner swapped a Fulham flatshare for a new home, a husband and dream business

Emma and Andre opened Gaia Health Store in Southampton’s Carlton Place last year

(Picture: Handout)

Approaching a milestone birthday is a time for reflection. And Emma Moreira’s reflection as she approached her 30th was that her life was not going to plan.

“I’d been through a relationship break up, I was living in a flatshare, my career wasn’t really progressing,” she said. “I was almost 30 and I wasn’t getting anywhere. I literally called my mum and said: “I’m coming home”.

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