For many businesses Covid-19 has made working from home the new normal

The Covid-19 crisis has accelerated the demand for flexible working, with home now the workplace for many. Liz Dunphy talks to two businesses who have adapted to the new reality. 

Mother daughter, Yasmin and Maxine Hyde. The company has signed a deal with Australian retail giants Coles to start supplying its Ballymaloe Relish product to their stores.  File picture Clare Keogh

Age four, Maxine Hyde witnessed her mum, Yasmin Hyde, set up her own company, Ballymaloe Foods, from their kitchen.

That family business, which grew from warm childhood memories of a then unfashionable condiment called relish, would soon become a global brand which Maxine would run as general manager.