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It's never too late

Growing rise in Granpreneurs

Author: Professor Joyce Harper

5 years ago 3
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22/12/15 'Granpreneur' case study 22/12/15 - Marion Foreman has qualified as a personal trainer and now owns two gyms in Bluntisham and Willingham. Picture: Keith Jones

Picture: Keith Jones

I recently read in our local paper (Cambridge Evening News) about Marion Foreman (pictured right), a nurse and grandmother who at age 58 retrained as a personal trainer and has set up two gyms.  Marion is among a growing number of people who are setting up businesses later in life – dubbed granpreneurs.

Marion set up the gyms, Forefront fitness, with her husband after he was diagnosed with cancer and stopped working.  Most personal trainers are young men and they may not be sympathetic to the workings of an older woman’s body.  Marion’s gyms specialise in helping women over 40 but her business attracts a wide range of customers.   Marion urges those with business ideas to take the plunge. ‘You need to be bold and brave and just do it; you’re usually better than you think you are’ says Marion.

The Daily Mail reports on Pam Palmer, who at age 68 set up a luxury handbag business (Peony & Moore) with her daughter and also Tricia Cusden (pictured on the homepage), aged 67, who is founder and chief executive of the booming global cosmetics empire Look Fabulous Forever, which is aimed specifically at women over 50.  Tricia says ‘I couldn’t have done this when I was younger.  I was too busy raising my children, plus my business idea came as a result of getting older. Now I’m in my 60s, I have the financial and personal freedom to be an entrepreneur’.

Read More:

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Cambridegshire-grandmother-says-s-late-training/story-28414894-detail/story.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3368164/Retire-No-way-rise-granpreneurs-inspiring-grandmothers-prove-s-never-late-launch-business.html

Image credit:  Cambridge Evening News (Keith Jones) and www.fabafterfifty.co.uk

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