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‘We’ll never be able to rebuild’: despair of ex-Vodafone franchisees and pressures on their mental health

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 8 December 2025

Experiences raise questions about how telecoms firm treated small business owners, whose commission it cut

When Adrian Howe drowned in August 2018, his family found some solace in the support of his longtime employer.

The bond between the 58-year-old and Vodafone – the multinational mobile phone group for which Howe had worked for 20 years – was so tight that his funeral featured a wreath shaped like the company’s speech mark brand.

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‘We’ll never be able to rebuild’: despair of ex-Vodafone franchisees and pressures on their mental health

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 8 December 2025

Experiences raise questions about how telecoms firm treated small business owners, whose commission it cut

When Adrian Howe drowned in August 2018, his family found some solace in the support of his longtime employer.

The bond between the 58-year-old and Vodafone – the multinational mobile phone group for which Howe had worked for 20 years – was so tight that his funeral featured a wreath shaped like the company’s speech mark brand.

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‘We’ll never be able to rebuild’: despair of ex-Vodafone franchisees and pressures on their mental health

news.movim.eu / TheGuardian • 8 December 2025

Experiences raise questions about how telecoms firm treated small business owners, whose commission it cut

When Adrian Howe drowned in August 2018, his family found some solace in the support of his longtime employer.

The bond between the 58-year-old and Vodafone – the multinational mobile phone group for which Howe had worked for 20 years – was so tight that his funeral featured a wreath shaped like the company’s speech mark brand.