From the scrapheap to top of the heap

By Francis Sweeney

The story of someone who took himself from the scrapheap (the dole queue) to a high-paying job as a contracta ccountant.

• Language: English
• Publisher: johnlogs
• Release date: Dec 7, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393414070

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FROM THE SCRAPHEAP TO

TOP OF THE HEAP  

The early years

Contents

Introduction

Finding myself on the scrapheap ..............................................7

Going back to college ........................................................7

Passing my HNC in Business & Finance.........................................9

Passing my AAT accounting exams ...........................................11

Securing my first job in accounting ......................................................................................................................13

BRITISH HOME STORES and Sir Philip Green ......................................................................................................15

T & S STORES

BRITISH TELECOM............................................................19

The Journey so Far...........................................................23

Introduction  

Iwas the eldest of 8 children in a family that had an Irish background. Mom and Dad had come over from County Mayo in the west of Ireland.

Dad initially came over to England to find work. He did eventually find a job as a maintenance worker at the Cadbury’s factory in Birmingham.

During my family’s initial spell