Career
A native of Edinburgh in Scotland, Carruthers attended Art college before joining Ladbrokes Plc, the UK's largest retail bookmaker in 1976, where he became the youngest betting shop manager at the age of 19. During a twenty-four year career with Ladbrokes, Carruthers graduated with an MBA from the University of Wolverhampton and rose to manage business development strategy for Ladbrokes shops in West England. He managed around forty of the business’s then 1,900 high street betting shops, managing the Midlands and south Wales territories.
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