About to lose my job, looking to start a new career, any advice please...

[Tuearts right boot]

Start a cleaning company .

Where there is muck there is brass.

I left a fairly decent career in mortgages 17 years ago. Set up myself as a cleaning company, took a part time job (for about 8 months) to help keep the wolves from the door whilst my little company grew and all these years later i earn decent money, dont work long hours (6 a day, 5 days a week) and more importantly im my own boss in charge of my own destiny

Loads doing it, not many reliable or conscientious, the good ones thrive

As a small commercial laundry we deal with a lot of small one man bands and a couple of firms employing cleaners and you're right, there are a lot doing it as it's a cheap and easy entry to market. The good ones, as you say, do thrive. People ask me for cleaners details and generally I cant give them the good ones because they're busy, and charging £20 + / hr plus anything they can make on the laundry, which we do......

 

[Eaststander1]

Is there anywhere that isn’t fussy ?

It's certainly getting that way now, as technology improves, is put into use worldwide, and border security tightens, but in the past Canada, New Zealand and Australia have usually been the countries to ask more questions and adhere to more rules than most.