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Franchise owners are self-employed people who buy a licence to operate a business under an established company's brand.

French polishers use traditional skills to treat wood and restore furniture and items like staircases, doors and musical instruments.

Furniture designers create designs for mass-produced furniture, furniture made in small batches and one-off pieces.

Furniture makers make and restore items like chairs, tables, beds and display cabinets.

Furniture restorers repair and conserve modern and antique pieces of furniture.

Craft glassmakers design, make and decorate glass objects from windows, mirrors and tableware to one-off decorative pieces.

Graphic designers create visual branding, adverts, brochures, magazines, website designs, product packaging and displays.

Illustrators produce drawings, paintings or diagrams for use in products like books and greetings cards, or on packaging.

Indexers build up lists of searchable terms for things like books, magazines, reports, websites and photographic collections.

Interior designers plan and supervise the layout and decoration of the inside of buildings.

Jewellery designer-makers create jewellery and decorative products, using materials like gemstones, precious metals, acrylics and enamels.

Kitchen and bathroom designers plan and design kitchens and bathrooms to meet customer needs.