The shifting patterns of economies across the world are redefining the post-retirement options of salaried workers. The sedentary option of relaxing at home and looking at television, attending to grandchildren, may also be seen by some retirees as ‘payback’ for what, over many years, had been denied ‘quality time.’ For other retirees, however, a tilt at entrepreneurship may well be seen as a viable option, an opportunity to ‘top up’ existing pensions and whatever savings might have accrued over a protracted period of paid employment.
Increasingly, post-retirement ‘excursion’ into business is being seen as a preferred option, access to investment capital and state of post-retirement health being among the primary determining factors. Retired midwife, Vanessa D’Aguiar-Lowe, who resides at Siriki Sands Upper Pomeroon River would appear to have been fortunate on ‘all fronts’. Having taken leave of her professional pursuits, Vanessa moved straightaway to register her business under the name Sand Flower Products, the name Sand Flower having been borrowed from a flower.
