Case Studies...

Three years ago, Tracy Bromfield, now 30, had an admin job she loathed. “It didn't excite me in the slightest,” she says. “So as I had always had...

When journalist Rachel Oldroyd got pregnant with her second child, she was offered seven month's paid maternity leave. But she decided to take an...

When Pippa and Aaron Witcher got married in 2006, they both quit their jobs. They decided to ask friends for money as wedding presents, instead...

Four years ago, Dave Richardson resigned from his job, sold his house and went on a career break to travel and see the world. “I have a...

Tom Bureau's first love had always been entrepreneurship. So in 1998 he co-founded a large London-based web business, which in 2002 was acquired...

When Becky Mason went on holiday with a friend two years ago, the two hatched a dream plan of visiting all the places in the world they had...

When Jess and Paul Thompson got married, they decided to keep their lives as flexible as possible. “I was a secondary school teacher and he was a...

When Jane Fordham decided recently to take a career break to see the world, she was a bit worried that she'd be the odd man out. “I had thought...

When John and Jan Lees went on a career break to New Zealand, Australia and the Cook Islands last year, their main goal was to have the chance to...