I ran my business for a couple of years part-time before taking the plung and going full. I could only give myself a year to see how things went which was never going to be enough. I loved every minute of it but would do things very differently now!
Just before I set-up by myself I was offered a job working for Xpres in Tech. Support. I really wanted to do it but the pull of working for myself was just too hard.
My business was based in Nottingham, my home town. Had a little industrial unit and spent many happy hours tucked away in there.
I had to return to my 'fallback' career which is lorry driving. We moved to Shetland a couple of years ago for a better life. I fell into what I would say was a dream job soon after moving. A local company took me on to run the dye-sub side of the business. I got to use a 60" HP solvent printer amongst other large format equipment and worked on the sign making side as well. It was all going great until my boss pulled the rug from beneath me and announced he was about to make me redundant! That's a very long story, in a nutshell I got pretty much shafted.
I've since been offered a very similar role with the only other sign/print company in Shetland but they can't match the money......so here I am driving lorries again!
I have another idea to get me back into the industry. It'll take some hard graft but may be worth it in the end!
So...what's your story?
Justin
