Aug 11, 2019
Simon Tolson has had his fair share of highs and lows to get to where he is now in hospitality.
An early high point was his first paid day as a fisherman. Since the age of 3 he’d wanted to fish and he felt like an astronaut when he stepped onto the deck…. But several years later, now married and with a mortgage, he had to switch careers. He left the sea for a surprisingly different job - selling printers and photocopiers for Pitney Bowes.
That led to a new high, because the sales skills Simon developed not only worked for office equipment. They came in handy when he turned his attention to holiday homes. It was the early noughties, and there were generous tax breaks if you were renovating a property as a holiday let. Simon and a colleague began to build a new business, offering holiday homes as promising investments.
So far, so good. But then in 2007, everything changed….
In this programme you’ll hear how Simon worked his way out of the prolonged low that followed… And how, despite challenging odds, he’s now the proud owner of Rumsey Holiday Homes, with beautiful views of the sea and the occasional chance to fish...