'I'm the only financial adviser with alpacas': how saving to buy my unconventional pets boosted my business

If you visit Claire Sweet, 43, a money coach and financial adviser, to discuss your finances you may be greeted by an unlikely colleague: one of her five pet alpacas. Claire first came across the fluffy animals from South America when she hiked the Inca trail in 2009. A few years later, she and her husband, Phil, who’s retired, went on a walking day with them on a Kent farm. After that, they decided to save to buy some of their own. Source theguardian