Trading up

hen Hattie Hasan retrained to become plumber at the age of 27, no one would employ her. Frustrated, she took the leap to go it alone as a self-employed tradeswoman. In doing so, her passion for the trade and the independence it granted was ignited. Says Hattie: ‘We can go into someone’s house, recognise and understand their stress about having a home that’s “broken” and deal with that like a mother archetype, fix the problem like a father archetype and have the satisfaction of seeing the job through from beginning to end. It’s like