MALVERN couple Stuart Callister and Eve Winkler are celebrating a hugely successful first year in business running their Bright and Beautiful franchise, a national domestic housekeeping service provider.

Having launched in Malvern in 2017, Stuart and Eve now employ 14 people and offer cleaning, tidying and laundry services in the Worcester area. They also now have two branded cars and a dedicated high street office which offers an ironing and laundry service.

Stuart and Eve both enjoyed highly successful careers before deciding to fulfill the dream of a lifetime and launch their own business. Stuart combined a career teaching fine art and art history with senior management positions in education, most recently holding the position of director of art at Malvern College, while Eve had a career as a children’s nanny, looking after many families and their homes.

Mr Callister said: “Eve and I both come from a long line of entrepreneurs – our family’s businesses include butchers, greengrocers, a carpentry business and a retail chain - so there is definitely something in our genes that has inspired us to become our own bosses.

“We’re so proud to be celebrating our first year in business and to have been able to build a business that has created so many roles for local men and women and that is delivering a great service at the heart of the community.”