Sally Spencer, whose husband lost his fortune due to internet gambling, now relies on charity food parcels in rural France to get by. She and friend Victoria decide to set up a cleaning company to ease her problems. Terry Bennett is desperate to return to Britain following a stroke but is finding it hard to sell his 10-bedroom villa in Spain. Sandy and Rob Loder, whose dreams of a mobility scooter empire in Florida, find their dreams being dashed after a business deal they invested their life savings in goes bad. Rob’s visa means he can’t work in America leaving Sandy forced to look for employment as a waitress.
Corin Fairchild gave up a highly-paid job in IT to retrain as a wine maker and move to France with wife Jayne. The vineyard he purchased has subsequently discovered to be rotten and the couple they desperate sell 3,000 bottles of wine they had previously produced in order to keep the business going. Paul and Jennie Skingley ten years ago decided to make Orlando their home. Paul's catering business back home had folded and he seized the chance to open an English cafe and then a pub. But in 2008, the United States was hit by its worst recession since the 1930s and Paul was forced out of business once again. Claire Tyson took over Rayz, a bar in Spain five years ago, but is now finding it hard to survive after the country was affected by the recent global recession.