{"id":46,"date":"2011-03-15T02:29:22","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T02:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/?p=46"},"modified":"2021-05-18T17:23:33","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T16:23:33","slug":"karen-hastings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/young-guns\/karen-hastings\/","title":{"rendered":"Karen Hastings: Cupcake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Karen Hastings, 35<\/strong><br> <strong>Company:<\/strong> Cupcake<br> <strong>Web:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cupcakemum.com\">www.cupcakemum.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2009 UK birth rates hit a high not seen since 1973, making Hastings&rsquo; decision to open a members&rsquo; club for <a class=\"itxtrst\" id=\"itxthook0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.growingbusiness.co.uk\/cupcake-karen-hastings-young-guns-2010.html#\" rel=\"nofollow\" name=\"itxthook0\"><span class=\"itxtrst\" id=\"itxthook0w0\">new<\/span><span class=\"itxtrst\" id=\"itxthook0w1\"><\/span><span class=\"itxtrst\" id=\"itxthook0w2\">mums<\/span><\/a> in 2005 a timely one. Cupcake now has two branches in London&rsquo;s Putney and Wandsworth, where mums, <a class=\"itxtrst\" id=\"itxthook1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.growingbusiness.co.uk\/cupcake-karen-hastings-young-guns-2010.html#\" rel=\"nofollow\" name=\"itxthook1\"><span class=\"itxtrst\" id=\"itxthook1w0\">pregnant<\/span><\/a> women and their families can socialise, attend seminars or take part in fitness classes. The concept of having a spa and cr&egrave;che in one place has proved popular and much of the angel investment she has received has come from the club&rsquo;s members, a vote of confidence if ever there was one. The business, crowned &lsquo;Specialist Salon of the Year&rsquo; at the 2010 Professional Beauty Awards, saw 60% growth last year. Hastings is now looking to open a third London site this autumn, with nine more sites and franchises to follow in and beyond the capital.<\/p>\n<p><b>2012 update:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In February 2011 Cupcake opened a third family friendly members club in Parsons Green, London. Following a six-figure investment from Addidi, the UK&rsquo;s first female-only business angel investment firm in April 2011, Hastings plans to expand even further through franchising, aiming for five new sites in the next five years.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karen Hastings, 35 Company: Cupcake Web:&nbsp;www.cupcakemum.com In 2009 UK birth rates hit a high not seen since 1973, making Hastings&rsquo; decision to open a members&rsquo; club for newmums in 2005 a timely one. 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