‘I LOVE EMPOWERING FEMALES’
Abby Robbins, 41, lives in Marlow with her husband Alastair, 40, and kids Matilda, 10, and Rowan, six. She owns recruitment agency Yellow Bricks.
Clinking a glass of champers with my colleagues, we proudly celebrated our ninth year in business. But when I set up my recruitment agency Yellow Bricks back in July 2013, I started from the ground up.
Before then, I had worked at a big recruitment agency for eight years, where the money-obsessed mentality left me feeling drained.
Looking after my newborn baby at home in 2012, I finally had a chance to pause and reflect on what I wanted from my job. But having just moved into a new home with our growing family, my partner – now husband – Alastair and I were already feeling the pinch. Returning to work after maternity leave made me even more determined to forge myself a