voluntary redundancy

Lady Teacher turned Plumber at 53!

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

‘Don’t do anything rash’ was replaced by freedom to chase a dream: To be a plumber like her Dad…
£7,000 redundancy from her teaching job at a sixth-form college was invested in buying a van and a one-year plumbing course where, although the only woman in the class, she discovered she wasn’t the oldest: There were [...]

Redundancy money

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

If you have some savings, received a ‘golden handshake’ or a good enough redundancy package then you may feel you have some breathing space.
That’s fine yet we’ve probably all heard of, or know of, people who’ve had windfalls of various descriptions – lottery wins, cash prizes, unexpected inheritance – and within a year or so [...]