A new start after 60: I left marketing to be a barber – and I almost cried when my dad gave me his blessing

Phil Yates had never cut anyone’s hair before he decided to retrain at the age of 60. Yet inside the dissatisfied executive a ‘rocking barber’ was waiting to emerge Phil Yates was nervous about telling his dad he wanted to be a barber. “Get a trade! Don’t leave a job unless…

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