Where did ten years go?

Being made redundant by Rolls-Royce after a successful 26-year career was a shock. 

 

But it was also an opportunity. 

 

I’d thought about setting up my own business but never taken the step to do it. So I spoke to some people who'd left the business and gone on their own. They told me it was the best thing that had happened to them. 

 

I decided I had to do it. I thought if I didn’t give it a go, I'd look back and regret not trying. 

 

I was fortunate to be given two months outplacement support and started trading on the 30th April 2014. 

 

The past ten years have certainly had their ups and downs. Obviously the pandemic had a massive impact. All my work had been face-to-face and disappeared overnight. I didn’t have a business. I had to decide whether I still wanted to do what I was doing. I did, so I had to move everything online. That had a big impact on my business and was a real turning point. 

 

Here are a few of the highlights.