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Canterbury man ends the silence about what it's like to go bust
Rob Stock
05:00, Mar 29 2020
His experience of losing a business has made Lester Bryant sceptical of professional advisers, and leary of personal guarantees.
From employing nine people, living in a beautiful house, and having a happy family buzzing through life, Lester Bryant lived through the ordeal of his business going bust, and sleeping under his desk.
Ultimately Bryant avoided bankruptcy, and is now back on his feet working for himself, but he's shared his experiences in a book in the hope others experiencing a business failure won't feel as lost, lonely and hopeless as he felt in his worst moments.
It includes notes from the diary he kept as his Christchurch quantity surveying business spiralled towards insolvency, and his family life unravelled.
Canterbury man ends the silence about what it's like to go bust
Rob Stock
05:00, Mar 29 2020
His experience of losing a business has made Lester Bryant sceptical of professional advisers, and leary of personal guarantees.
From employing nine people, living in a beautiful house, and having a happy family buzzing through life, Lester Bryant lived through the ordeal of his business going bust, and sleeping under his desk.
Ultimately Bryant avoided bankruptcy, and is now back on his feet working for himself, but he's shared his experiences in a book in the hope others experiencing a business failure won't feel as lost, lonely and hopeless as he felt in his worst moments.
It includes notes from the diary he kept as his Christchurch quantity surveying business spiralled towards insolvency, and his family life unravelled.
