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Lassofsavingsisnottheonlyresultofthcrecession

forolderworkers.Thcnumberofjoblesspcopleover

50 intheUKwas 47 percenthigherrhis)'cafchanin

2008,accordingtOBritain'sNationalSrati"ticsOffice.

Michellefvlirchellofthc.d1a.ri.o::AgeCancernwamsof

darkdaysahead."Thosewholoserheirjobswillface

signific3nrobstaclestogertingbackinrowork.leaving

them fil1~lnci:ll1yvulnerableas thcy approach rerire·

mem,"MirehelltoldTheScolsman.

StartingYOUtownbusinesscanbeanalternativeto

unemployment.BritishentrepreneurRohShreeve.59,

workedfromhornehutfoundhcneededtomeerdients

inLondon.Whe"hcwasunabletofindasuitable

placctoholdmeetingswirhc1icms,hecrcaredone-

a privatebusinessdllb,OoeAlfredPlace,whichopencd

icsdoorsin2008.

Staylngontopof

technoloc:y:

computerand

internetskllls

areessential

"Londonis full oE people

doingbusinessinhotcllobbies

andcoffceshops. Theseare

notplacesroimpressclienrsor

haveserious business meet-

ings,"ShreevetoldThe Ob-

selver.Therecessionhasactll-

ally helped his business, he

says. "IE penpleneedtocut

coststheywillgerridoftheir

oEfice,wh.ichmeans(heywill

usctheclubcoworkandmeet

c1ienrs. ~ bankers also

l needing(0sLlreup(heirown

I busincsseshavebeguncouse

,-__ 1 (herestaurantandehemeeting

roorns."

Butstartingyourownbusinessisnotfureveryonc,

warnsDavidMczzapellc."Ifsomconedecidcstostart

theirownbusinesseheynccdto~the'risk~

reward',asweilastbetimeobligationsrequired.WIe

haveSL'Cnpeoplc50-pluswhohavcdreamedoEopen-

inga rcsrauram,domgso- andehenregrcttingie."

Abetteroptionformatureworkcrscouldheoffering

theirservicesasconsulcants,MezzapcIJebelicves."This

givesehernthebestoEbachworlds.Thc}'ClUlapplytbeir

knowledgefrompastexperienccandoffcrthatfora.fff

co bllSinesseSorpeoplewhoncedhelp.Thisisquirl."

commonamonglawvcrs,accountants,cngjneersand

ochcrprofessions,;:todwearestaningtoseeieinoeh-

erSl'Ctors,too.'"

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ArncricanAssocjarjonofRetiredPersons,says 70 per

centofAmerkans expccttow~rkin retirement- ~

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