My husband, Alistair Dixon, who has died aged 62 of liver disease, had a successful career in telecoms and music until 2015, when we gave up our day jobs, moved to Broadstairs, Kent, and became the co-owners of the Bay Tree Hotel.
Alistair worked in telecoms for three decades, including playing a role in setting up the Three network in Ireland in 2004-05, and in 1997 used some of his earnings as a management consultant to co-found the celebrated independent record label Signum Records, based in Middlesex.
