{"id":33304,"date":"2021-03-11T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T10:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=33304"},"modified":"2021-03-11T10:00:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T10:00:53","slug":"meet-the-nine-year-old-girl-from-sheffield-who-hopes-to-become-a-millionaire-thanks-to-slime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/meet-the-nine-year-old-girl-from-sheffield-who-hopes-to-become-a-millionaire-thanks-to-slime\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the nine-year-old girl from Sheffield who hopes to become a millionaire thanks to slime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An ambitious nine-year-old girl from Sheffield has started her own slime business in lockdown, becoming the city\u2019s latest young entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>Sapphire Billing opened Sapphire\u2019s Slime at the start of February with the help of her parents and sister, and has since earned over \u00a3400 from 92 sales.<\/p>\n<p>Support from her friends and family has played a key part in her early success, with her grandparents and teammates at Hallam Rangers football club buying her products.<\/p>\n<p>Her mum, Olivia Billing, feels the time at home has benefitted her daughter. She said: \u201cSchool is very one-dimensional. This lockdown has given us the opportunity to teach different things that are life lessons because you wouldn\u2019t do this at school \u2013 you wouldn\u2019t have time. It\u2019s been a great opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can check out Sapphire&#8217;s Slime <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sapphiresslime.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sapphire&#039;s Slime\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZNSOIbOZX5s?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ambitious nine-year-old girl from Sheffield has started her own slime business in lockdown, becoming the city\u2019s latest young entrepreneur. 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