Lemongrove for your information I am a 25% owner of the business these days. I did own the company in its entirety until 2015, then sold it to retire to four employees that had been with me since I started the business in 2003.
I bought back a 25% share when one if those that purchased the company from me was involved in a road traffic accident that means he will never work again in any capacity.
As regards the Legal Secretaries, one of them we have been training up to become an assignment controller for the last 15 months and that has been very successful. If she attains her higher IOSH certification in the Autumn, that should allow me to retire again (hopefully)
So, Lemon that's how it has all rolled out for me in the last few years.