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How to be your own boss

01 November 2020
Two successful, self-employed CIMA members talk about their journey and how CIMA has helped them succeed.

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Hugh Martin, Managing Director of the Lankill Group, and Chris Booth, Founder and Director of financial management consultancy, Foxtrot Twenty, share why they decided to start their own businesses and how the skills they learned as part of their CIMA Qualification gave them the confidence to go it alone.

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