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Stephen Ball was born in Newmarket, United Kingdom, in 1956.<\/p>\n
After a primary education in a village, he attended Soham Village College between age 11 and 16. Gaining 7 o levels.<\/p>\n
Stephen’s first job after leaving school in 1972 was at Ridgeon’s Ltd in Cambridge. The company supplied building materials and was the largest family-owned business in Cambridge at that point in time.<\/p>\n
After five years at Ridgeons working in various positions, but mostly accounting, Stephen set sail for London in 1977.<\/p>\n
In London various accounting jobs were in advertising, restaurants, trading brand a teachers trade union.<\/p>\n
When a bad economic recession combined with redundancy occurred in 1993, Stephen moved to Dalian, China to set up a restaurant\/night club.<\/p>\n
Then in 1994 moving on to Singapore for another senior job in a seafood restaurant group.<\/p>\n
In 1995 Stephen returned to living and working in London but moved back to Newmarket permanently in 1998 where he was based until retirement in 2022.<\/p>\n
His interests are watching sport on tv and cooking foreign food.<\/p>\n
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