Alex Polizzi: The Fixer

Alex Polizzi sets out to wage a one woman campaign to save Britain's family businesses which are going to the wall in the current climate. In this episode, Alex is called to help a failing family bridalwear business in Kettering. Despite re-mortgaging her home to keep the business afloat, owner Anne Preece is watching the profits fall year after year.

Alex has been asked to help a family bakery in dire straits in scenic Padstow, Cornwall. The Chough Bakery, owned and run by the Eade family, does well in the summer months when over five million people visit the county, but they virtually go out of business every winter. To make things tougher, beyond the business problems is a family in crisis.

Alex Polizzi lends her considerable expert business skills to a failing family car repair garage in Ashton-under-Lyne, Manchester. Mum And co-owner Jan Lord despairs of getting the business out of the increasing trouble it's in with too few customers and not enough work to fill the mechanics' days. Without improvement, she faces the nightmare scenario of losing her home and making her own children unemployed.

Alex Polizzi is called in to a faltering fancy dress shop in Essex. In 2011, owner Adele took out bank loans to prevent the business going bust. When Alex arrives, she discovers one of the main reasons why - thousands and thousands of lines of stock.

Alex Polizzi is called in to help out a family-run business based around a working windmill in Norfolk. However, she faces challenges from recent disasters, frayed family relationships and a sprawling business model that needs urgent attention.

Alex Polizzi sets out to wage a one woman campaign to save Britain's family businesses. Alf Onnie's interiors shop, specialising in fabric and curtains, has been going in East London since it was set up in 1920. It's approaching its centenary but the recession and house market slump have hit curtain sales hard.