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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Ffion Haf

Woman diagnosed with chronic illness goes into business for herself

A woman opened her own business to support herself after suffering from a chronic illness.

Kate, from Ormskirk, previously owned a different business but after being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, had to take time off work to adjust to living with the condition. To support herself financially, she began selling clothes and homemade jewellery online.

Kate's venture soon became a passion, and she began selling vintage clothes in the Red Brick Market. Kate said: "I always dressed a bit mental from when I was a kid, I never really liked what was in style or what you were supposed to wear.

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