30 in 30 - Episode 8 - Is your business ruining your family life?

This episode of The UK Flooring Podcast sits down with Natalie Remington from Remington Flooring for a refreshingly honest chat about family, business, boundaries, and what success actually looks like when you’re trying to build a life, not just a company.Natalie shares how she went from a career in theatre design, working across set, costume, props and creative production, into running Remington Flooring alongside her husband Geoff. What started as helping with invoicing has grown into managing almost everything behind the scenes, from quoting and ordering to bookkeeping, marketing, client visits and business development.A big theme in this episode is work-life balance, especially for family-run flooring businesses. Natalie and Tom get into the pressure to work evenings, weekends and Sundays, and why setting boundaries is not lazy, it is often what makes a business sustainable. They talk honestly about school runs, family time, admin at the kitchen table, and the reality of trying to run a successful business without letting it take over your life.Natalie also opens up about stepping outside her comfort zone, taking part in Make or Break after seeing Geoff complete it, and how that experience helped her realise she could do difficult things, including finally saying yes to coming on the podcast.The episode also touches on Remington Flooring’s future plans, including growing their sanding and refinishing work, investing in proper training and machinery, exploring micro cement, and potentially bringing another apprentice into the business.What You’ll Learn in This Episode:How Natalie moved from theatre design into the flooring industry.What it really looks like to run the back end of a family flooring business.Why working seven days a week is not the only route to success.How boundaries around evenings, weekends and school runs can protect both your business and your family.Why flexibility is one of the biggest benefits of being self-employed.How involving your children in the business can teach them valuable lessons.What Natalie and Geoff got from Make or Break, and why doing hard things can change your confidence.Why Remington Flooring is focusing more on sanding, refinishing and specialist flooring services.What’s next for the business, including micro cement and possible apprenticeship growth.Memorable Quote:“If that’s the price of success, then you can stick it up your arse.”Speaker Information:Natalie Remington is part of Remington Flooring, a family-run flooring business based in Wiltshire. Alongside her husband Geoff, Natalie helps run the business behind the scenes, covering everything from client visits and estimating to ordering, bookkeeping and marketing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.