I'd love to own a business like "The repair shop" programme on the telly, although that one is a bit of a set up. I figure there are enough retired ladies and gents who would jump at the chance of a part time job fixing things. I may well do this if I can figure out a decent working business model.
Some agencies offer the whole 35 hours for £60 each 7 hour course. I think you might do well to ask about locally for the best agency and have a word. Some finance it and you pay them back!
When I was leaving the Army I had to go to Salisbury (pre Novachoc days) to see a resettlement officer. He offered me the most awful jobs so he asked me eventually what I would like to do, outdoors work I replied. He hated me after that because I had climbed out of his box so he sent loads of rubbish jobs except one " Licence Abstraction Officer" wow what a title. All I had to do was walk the rivers, canals and ditches and check on farmers extracting water then check their licence and meter. Yes that's for me, I thought I would be provided with a Landrover, buy me a Labrador and off we go, so I applied. He had the last laugh the job was closed two months before I got the application.
