Keith Tiplady was a project manager with Triumph Motorcycles.
Covid-19 struck, in April he was furloughed and later made redundant.

In the short term Keith had his wife’s income to rely on. She works full-time for the NHS. But the cost of childcare for their three-year-old twins was more than their mortgage, so something had to change.

Keith decided to look after the twins himself, while also setting up a business from home. His entrepreneurial wife ran a bakery business in the evenings from their kitchen. Keith had always been fascinated by her chocolate-tempering machine.

Keith experimented with things his wife hadn’t tried, using chocolate moulds. Before he knew it he was creating ganache and caramel-filled, Belgian chocolates. Indulgent Chocolates was born.

The business is generating more money now as corporate clients put in orders – “If this business scales up it will allow me to live a normal life again,” he says, “and I won’t have to worry about affording Christmas presents.” – Read the full story on the BBC