Katie-Jane Glazier

Katie-Jane set up Newcastle’s first “cat cafe” - a concept popular in Japan, where diners can unwind with a cuppa and a cat to stroke. The business welcomed more than 10,000 guests in its first six months and Katie-Jane has now plans to expand the company. She has good communication skills, this helps her a lot because of her job. Katie-jane had the idea to make a cat cafe because of how much she loves cats. she has raised private investment and also plans to use crowd-funding platform to top up the £40,000 start-up funds needed to launch the business.