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Like many parents, I took time out from the workplace to raise my two children. Before that, I worked as an assistant buyer at a leading highstreet retailer for 11 years. However, as my children grew up, I knew that I wanted to return to work. That, though, was a little easier said than done!!...
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In 2012, my diamond trading business closed, another victim of the fall out of the Lehman banking crisis and general economic downturn. I was 42, married with 4 children and without a source of income. I decided then and there that I couldn’t and wouldn’t sit around, feeling angry and upset; instead I needed to...
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Leah Nevies and Benny Wagner have both used Work Avenue services, albeit in very different ways. A Jewish News reporter caught up with both of them to find out how their lives had changed. JN Reporter: Benny, tell me about the business you now run. Benny Wagner (BW): My first career was in the diamond trade, but...
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