Alexandra Fontaine has time on her hands. It's time she wants to spend on rich bankers who don't have the time to organise their own time. Fontaine offers a bespoke service handling prosaic things such as plumbers and cleaning or booking theatre tickets.

Fontaine is one of that new breed of 'personal time-savers' who 'know how small household chores such as laundry, shopping and general home management can mount into a seemingly impossible agenda for precious weekends and evenings'. She adds: 'I genuinely care for my clients, which sadly is a luxury these days.' She doesn't say which is the luxury - the care or the clients. Contact Alexandra at alex.fontaine@virgin.net.