- Ukungabinamsebenzi kunye nokubambisa kunye nabantwana aba-4 ukuba baxhase, uNick ngesibindi waseka i-Insight International Tours.
- Ngo-1990, waba nguSihlalo we-European Tour Operators Association (ETOA), eyasungulwa ukuba iphembelele yonke imboni kwinqanaba le-EU.
- Ngaphandle kwezinto ezininzi azenzileyo, waziva ukuba impumelelo yakhe yayikukutshata noHelen, owayengashiyanga icala lakhe kwiminyaka engama-62 yomtshato.
Abantu abaninzi baya kuba bamazi ngohambo olunye lobomi, belazi igalelo lakhe elimangalisayo, ngaphandle kokwazi ukuba wayeyinto entle kwenye.
Wayeyinkwenkwe yokuqala eyintloko yamaJuda eClifton College, umphathi wama-cadet kunye nomphathi we-XV yokuqala. Wayemele iLiverpool, iLancashire kunye neNgilane njengomdlali wombhoxo wesikolo kwaye wafumana ityala laseNgilane njengegalufa yomntwana wesikolo. Uphumelele imali yokufunda kwizibalo kwaye wafumana indawo eClare College Cambridge apho afunde khona umthetho. Kwakuloo nyaka athe waphumelela ngawo iwonga leklasi yokuqala, wamela neCambridge kumdlalo weVarsity. Uye wathi emva koko ukuphuma e-Turf eTwickenham lelinye lawona maxesha mabini obomi bakhe. Kodwa ngelixa yayilelona xesha lakhe lokuzingca, waziva ukuba impumelelo yakhe yayikukutshata noHelen, owayeshiye icala lakhe kwiminyaka engama-62 yomtshato.
Emva kokuyeka eyunivesithi, wakufanelekela ukuba ngummeli, waya kwindawo yesine elizweni kumagqibela kankqoyi. Nangona kunjalo, umthetho wawungengowakhe, kwaye wakhetha ikhondo lomsebenzi kwishishini, eqala kwinkampani yosapho njengomphathi wevenkile yeefenitshala zeCourts eWalton eThames.
Ngentliziyo, wayengusomashishini, kwaye khange kube kudala wafuna ukuphuma. Exhaswe ngomnye woomalume bakhe, wathenga isabelo kwi-Overseas Visitors Club (OVC), iphulo elalikwi-Earls Court, eLondon, awaligijimayo ishumi leminyaka, kwaye ngokwenza njalo, wenza into eyayiza kuba “yindawo yokufikela” abantu abancinci abatyelele i-UK okokuqala ukusuka e-Australia, New Zealand, Mzantsi Afrika, nakwezinye iindawo.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Backed by one of his uncles, he bought a share in the Overseas Visitors Club (OVC), a venture in Earls Court, London, which he ran for a decade, and in doing so, created what was to become “the destination” for young people visiting the UK for the first time from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and elsewhere.
- However, the law was not for him, and he opted for a career in business, starting out in the family firm as manager of the Courts furniture store in Walton on Thames.
- At heart, he was an entrepreneur, and it was not long before he wanted to branch out.
