Incredible entrepreneur, Sally Wilse, shares her story of overcoming ageist workplace challenges, to co-find Seniors Helping Seniors, a movement which empowers an older demographic of workers. At the age of 40, Sally spent 12 years building a start-up business to great success. Unfortunately, however, due to workplace ignorance around the symptoms of menopausal women, Sally was then made redundant from this company, through no fault of her own. Without the necessary support and knowledge in pl...

Losing your job towards the end of your career can be terrifying, but for some it’s a huge opportunity. We meet the workers who changed tack and never looked back. When Sally Wilse was made redundant from the software company she had helped to set up a decade earlier, it came as a huge shock. Overnight she went from earning just under £100,000 a year to being without a job. She was 50.“It hurt and it was very scary, and it took a long time to come to terms with,” said Wilse, now 63, from Canter...

Gladys’s daughter Carolyn lives in her street. Carolyn has a family and works. Her mother lives alone. 85 years old, and after a stroke, Gladys was frail and disengaged. Initial assessment found Gladys was lonely, at risk of not eating and drinking, falling and increasing unhappiness. Gladys is living with poor co-ordination and was apathetic. Knitting was evident around the home so we set about finding a carer who could chat about knitting and crafting and inspire Gladys’s creativity. We ha...

In our latest Franchisor Interview, we spoke with Graham, the founder of Puncturesafe, to discuss what makes this franchise opportunity unique and what prospective franchisees can expect from them. Puncturesafe provides a leading puncture prevention treatment that is outstanding at sealing punctures in both on-road and off-road vehicles. All of their products are made in Britain to the highest standard and supplied to businesses and individuals worldwide. How is Puncturesafe different from o...

After speaking with, and having numerous meetings with franchisors, I came across Puncturesafe. I did a bit of research on Puncturesafe and thought – what a fantastic product! I got on the phone to their head office and spoke to Adam. I found him very informative and he boosted my confidence with both the product and the company as a whole. Adam said I could ring him anytime if I have any further questions – which I did, many times! After a visit to their offices and factory in Exeter, I deci...

As a new franchisee, I wasn’t too sure what to expect from Puncturesafe, but in the early stages I’ve been given lucrative jobs from Head Office for me to take care of and this shows Puncturesafe are committed to offering all jobs in a franchisees postcode area to their local franchisor. In fact, within just a few weeks of securing my postcode area, Head Office gave me the details of a plant hire company who wanted to purchase 30 x 20 litre barrels of tyre sealant for £3690, which I acted on...