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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
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Hannah Finch

Former taxman, 54, becomes outdoor sports apprentice and wishes he'd done it sooner

A former tax inspector who thought he was too old to study an apprenticeship has swapped spreadsheets for skiing, accounts for archery and computers for caving.

Martin Bennett, 54, worked in the Civil Service for 30 years before leaving London for Somerset after he was made redundant.

“I thought because of my age they wouldn’t look at me. But I thought there was nothing to lose,” he explained.

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