Why Raubex is ditching mining. Plus: Me&B hits retail gold

Bold Prince, they're big on colour, founded by mother and daughter Bettina Swatt and Kelly Grace Gibbett. And they've just struck retail gold, a supply deal with Ackermans. You might know them as Ackermans. Bettina, how does it all start? I mean, this idea that you and your daughter can get into business together, create a fashion label that is, I'm told, Instagram famous? Well, yeah, Kelly and I joined together because I was already doing retail business.

Was supplying big retail stores. And when she joined the business, she said, you know, let's start our own fashion brand because we can't find the things that we really want to wear because we're bigger women, we're not small sized. And we wanted fashion that would talk to our personalities, which are bold and bright and fun and joyful. So we decided to put this brand together. And we've had such a good reaction to it. And also having the size-inclusive range, which has been amazing.

So we've continued and really had such fun doing it. You clearly got some experience then in retail. So you had the networks. Did you pitch to the big retailers? Did they come to you? How does that process work? So many people really struggle to crack that retail code. Well, because I'd actually been a supplier to the retailers, I have lots of knowledge on what is needed to actually make chain store business. And they actually came and asked us, which is wonderful. We were so excited.

And quite surprised when Ackerman's phone doesn't say they'd like to have a meeting. So we were like, oh, okay, come in. And wasn't a very grand meeting. There were no snacks. What? And they proposed this whole mommy and me idea of putting the me and me brand, which is very joyful, and doing it so that mom and daughter would be able to wear the same thing or look alike.