Patricia Roberts: I think it’s comforting to know you have enough to live into the near future. Photograph: Shauna Kennedy
Patricia Roberts has worked for more than 25 years in the hospitality and catering sectors, and opened the boutique hotel No 1 Pery Square in 2008.Generally, a saver. I always think a rainy day may come. At a younger age, I recall being told by my parents that I must save for the big things in life, and I guess this has stuck with me. I feel in today’s world it’s so easy to continuously spend, so a conscious effort has to be made not to.
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