The report highlights a number of case studies, including:
- John Geden, who after an army career and a second career as a police detective, turned his ‘mindfulness’ activity of beekeeping into a business in Hayling Island, Hampshire, which includes making and selling honey, supplying wedding favours, and training amateur bee keepers. John turned to beekeeping to help him relax after he was diagnosed with PTSD.
- James Wilthew, a former Flight Lieutenant who served in Afghanistan. After leaving military service, James set up a business in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, selling handmade Afghan rugs.
- Debbie Strang, who left the RAF to start a family, then went on to start a business which took over a disused RAF base on Unst, Shetland, and turned it into the UK’s most northerly resort and award-winning gin distillery.
- PJ Farr, who set up a telecoms business after leaving the army, having been inspired by military communications technology. Based in Surrey, he specialises in providing superfast broadband services to construction sites across the UK.
- Catherine Bunn, an RAF veteran from Inverness who set up a successful campervan rental business in the Highlands.