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In 2015, and bowling fast towards 50, Sam Harrington-Lowe made a huge decision. Unimpressed at the time by the magazines aimed at her age group, and generally being of the mind that if you want something doing, you should do it yourself, she launched Silver Magazine. Aimed at delivering a Read more…
When sales executive Adrian Prett decided to take a short career break in his fifties, it initially seemed like a good idea. After busy roles at Eurostar and Teletext holidays, he was ready to draw breath for a few months. But when Adrian looked at returning to work, finding Read more…
Someone who sets up a successful business at the age of 17 sounds like an entrepreneur destined to remain their own boss. So it’s a surprise to learn that it took Chris Pitchford nearly two decades of employment before launching another solo enterprise. ‘I definitely should have done it earlier,’ Read more…
Debbie Harris – Founder of Autumna Choosing a care home – or care at home – for a much-loved family member can be a long and emotional experience. Or at least it used to be. But log onto autumna.co.uk and all the information you need is now there at the Read more…
Martin Lock – Founder & CEO of Silversurfers At the close of the 1990s, long before most of us had taken our first tentative steps into the online world, Martin Lock was already at the cutting edge of communication technology. In those early days of the internet, Martin was heading Read more…
Rik Moore is Head of Insight, Strategy & Planning at The Kite Factory. Prior to this, he was joint Head of Strategy at Havas Media, and Head of Channel Strategy at WCRS/Engine. A key lesson a CSO I used to work with (Mark Sinnock at Havas) taught me earlier in Read more…
Vernon Hogg – Co-founder of Silverpreneurs® Unexpected redundancy hits hard at any age, but especially when you’re over 50. No matter how far up the corporate ladder you have climbed, losing a job you enjoy and you thought was secure is a blow not just to the budget, but to Read more…
DAVID LLOYD Co-founder, Boom Radio Clock up the big 6-0 and many people are happy to ease gently into retirement through reduced hours, a part-time job, or maybe a volunteering role. And after a busy career in commercial radio, radio station manager and broadcaster David Lloyd thought he might be Read more…
As the rapid increase of multi-thousand cabin liners in the 2010s showed, silver holidaymakers have long been a prime target for cruise operators. They are affluent, social enough to not mind being in a crowd, and love being entertained. Sadly, the Covid pandemic made many older people risk-averse and the Read more…
With a career spanning four decades, I thought I had seen everything, and then C-19 hit us out of the blue! As horrendous as it has been, most businesses will recover. But it is going to take intelligence, patience, maybe some increased risk and, perhaps, a bit of luck too. Read more…