- When and why did you switch careers?
My wife Anna started a pre-school in our house in Southampton 18 years ago. In 2000 we moved to our first Paint Pots nursery and then expanded to a second nursery. I had always been interested in childcare and qualified with a Level 3 NVQ. I genuinely like children. I was becoming increasingly disenchanted with the corporate world and my wife and I had always wanted to work together. So about four years ago, when one of our managers was leaving, I joined full time and took on managing the nursery. We have since expanded to four nurseries.
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