Irene Armstrong - Inward Education Manager
Irene Armstrong organises school visits to the Scottish Parliament. "I like being in the front of house and dealing with people." Her family encouraged her to leave school early and work. She was discouraged...
Anna Sandreuter - Circus Performer
Anna Sandreuter is a travelling performer with Nofitstate Circus. She also teaches circus skills. To get here she had to cope with injuries, a touring company that went bust and a dad who tried to pressurise...
Tony Neath - Lorry Driver
Tony Neath is a Lorry Driver with CEVA Logistics. He loves being independent and not having bosses on his back all the time. "At the end of the day you know you've done a good job because you've gone...
Tom Elsy - Dispatch Manager
At the moment Tom Elsy is a Dispatch Manager at CEVA Logistics in Bristol. But he's planning to buy a business in the States, "I've actually sold my house to finance the project, so hopefully by the...
Ian Swift - Graphic Designer
Ian Swift says "I'm a graphic designer primarily, but I do art." He says "I'd designed hundreds of flyers, hundreds of record sleeves and was firmly established as a music industry designer." He...
Abbi Collins - Stunt Coordinator
Abbi Collins is a Stunt Co-ordinator, Stunt Performer and Horse Master. She says "I'm an adrenalin junkie". She started as a riding instructor and changed to modelling. She was more interested in active...
Robert Spark - Fashion Photographer
Robert Spark is a Fashion Photographer for magazines. "The most exciting thing for me is travel". He was dressing very flamboyantly at school - he got out of doing sports by working in the darkroom....
Inge Van Lotringen - Beauty Director
Inge Van Lotringen is the Beauty Director on Cosmopolitan. Inge's story gives a lot of tips on getting into the media industry. She wanted to work in TV, "but it led to everything that came after."...
Kerry Hossack - Cafe Supervisor
Kerry Hossack is a Supervisor in The Co-op cafe in Tweedmouth. "I got 11 GCSEs at school and I went on to do GNVQ business studies but I didn't, at that age I didn't know what I wanted to do... This...
Susan Burgon - Produce Supervisor
Susan Burgon looks after fresh produce at the Co-Op in Tweedmouth. She has worked in retail ever since she left school, for several local employers, managing the hours she works around the needs of her...
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